SAN ANTONIO – For the second time in as many weeks a hurricane has battered Puerto Rico and nearby islands, while a deadly earthquake shook the Mexico City region.
These disasters have caused one San Antonio couple to feel twice the amount of stress. Lee Rios is from Puerto Rico and his wife, Brenda Antillon, is from Mexico. Now they're supporting each other, and finding love from their multicultural dance studio.
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In San Antonio, dancing is life for Rios who owns Semeneya Dance Studio. However, back in Puerto Rico where his family is a hurricane has torn their life apart again.
"This time it hit hard. So same house, that one it ripped the overhead porch. It's metal (and) kind of ripped it off the ground," Rios said.
Unlike many others, he's briefly heard from family and they're OK, but with power out across the island it's hard to keep in touch.
"I was like, my cousins and family is in some trouble, so we were just trying to stay in touch with them throughout the whole night. We heard from them at 2 in the morning, then we had a gap. Then we didn't hear from then until 7 a.m. and then we had another gap," Rios said.
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He's thankful the people he loves are not injured, but he's worried about the future.
"The aftermath is what you got to worry about because it could be weeks before certain attention gets done for some of these cities. So those people are going to be suffering. Electricity, food, shelter so hopefully we get a lot of aid," he said.
As if that's not enough to worry about, his wife is from Mexico. On Tuesday, an earthquake killed at least 200 people. Her family, too, is OK, but she hasn't heard from friends yet.
"I don’t know how to help them and I feel very sad because I don’t know what they’re going through," she said.
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She's grateful to have a husband who understands.
"I'm sad because I am from Mexico and all those people and all those people we know we can't contact so we help each other to be OK. We're helping each other emotionally," Antillon said.
Dance is helping too. It is not only their escape, it's a way to bring their traditions from their native countries back home to San Antonio.
"Bringing all these different cultures to help and support each other like family," Rios said.
