They had no English, we had no Spanish, but everyone spoke fear, Amy said.
After some back and forth, it was determined the men worked in town, two on the pier and two at Gabriella s restaurant, and they were living at the La Fontana Motel, and they decided to try and get to higher ground.
Instead, they got swept away in the water and somehow, some way, into the arms of Brian Dardis, and from there, into the Amy s kitchen.
We stripped them down, sat them down, gave them food and coffee and whatnot, and they spent the night. The next morning, they offered us $20 each, but of course we refused.
From there, handshakes and hugs, and off they went. They wouldn t stay. They all insisted on leaving. They also insisted on not putting their shoes on in the Dardis house.
They wouldn t put them on because they were wet, Amy said.
Good manners survived Sandy. As did the Dardis and their houseguests.
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