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A faint, post-hurricane cry from tiny island of St. John: We are here

For almost 48 harrowing hours after the eye of Irma passed, there was virtually no communication with Coral Bay, the more isolated of St. John's two communities.

On the hill above Cruz Bay on St. John, the house where Eugenio Santana Santana, 61, was living was completely blown away by Hurricane Irma.
On the hill above Cruz Bay on St. John, the house where Eugenio Santana Santana, 61, was living was completely blown away by Hurricane Irma.Read moreCarolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
    by Margie Smith Holt
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