Tutu High Rise To Be Completely Evacuated; WAPA Resumes Power Restoration
- Ernice Gilbert
- September 14, 2017
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp said at a press conference at Government House here on Thursday evening, that his administration has decided to remove all residents from the Tutu High Rise housing community, who are still living in the ravaged buildings following Hurricane Irma's assault on the territory last week Wednesday. The governor's decision came following a stop to the housing community, called Ras Valley, today, along with Tim Duncan and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Consortium reported on the dire situation of the residents still in the compromised buildings on Tuesday, with the video eliciting the angst of those who viewed it (watch it below). View the original embedded media "It really was heart-wrenching to go there and see how the hurricane just blew the walls on both sides of the buildings that are three and four stories tall, and they just look like open match boxes," Mr. Mapp said. The governor marveled that less deaths had occurred even tho...
