05-10-2017 00:40 via kxan.com

Hurricane Maria survivor makes it to Central Texas

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — After not hearing from his mother for five days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Andre Collazo didn’t know if she was even alive.
“Our worry was communicating with our family,” said Collazo’s mother Luz Huertas-Martinez.
Huertas-Martinez finally got in touch with her son, who lives in Leander, through a relative. The communication was confirmed after Huertas-Martinez and her husband made contact with a hand-held radio operator who was c
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