Amanda Inscore Whittamore

Dumetrice Wilson, left, and Michael O'Hearn sit on the porch of their apartment building on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, in North Fort Myers. Their apartments flooded in Hurricane Ian, so they removed all their belongings that were in the sewage-contaminated floodwaters. Now they are sleeping on their porch because of the mold in their homes.

Penny Fletcher thanks Amanda Schoedel of Next Level Church after church volunteers gave her cases of water on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, in the Harlem Lakes community in Fort Myers. Residents were without power after Hurricane Irma.

Joyce Houston makes her way through overturned and misplaced furniture in the mobile home she shares with her husband, Dick, at Periwinkle Park on Sanibel Island on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. This was their first time seeing their property, which was flooded in the storm surge from Hurricane Ian. The water line inside their sun room was close to six feet high, so all of their furniture and other belongings had floated throughout the house and mold was beginning to set in on their walls.

Ryan Monroe is escorted out of the room after standing up and speaking out of turn at the beginning of the Lee County School Board meeting on Monday, April 26, 2021, in Fort Myers. Monroe repeatedly yelled, "No boys in the girls room."

A man waits to gain access to Bonita Beach Road the morning after Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida.

Protesters assemble peacefully in Fort Myers, on June 2, 2020. Protests have broken out worldwide to ask for justice for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Juana Garcia leans into her husband Enrique Garcia Jr. as they wait to get into Germain Arena with their two children on Saturday, September 8, 2017. They evacuated their homes, along with thousands of others, ahead of Hurricane Irma.

 Lt. Blake Lee, center, and Deputy John Rodriguez, right, of the Lee County Sheriff's Office and Bonita Springs Fire-Rescue workers try to comfort two Spring Creek Elementary School students involved in a school bus crash Nine children on the bus were transported and treated for minor injuries. The driver of the bus was cited for violation of right-of-way after the accident.

Netty Fleury is consoled by family during the graveside service of Guerline Dieu Damas and her children Meshach Zach, 9, Maven Isaak, 6, Marven Isaah, 5, Megan, 3, and Morgan, 19 months. Husband and father Mesac Damas is awaiting trial for their murders.

The uncles and brothers of Sean Archilles carry his casket out of CityGate Ministries on Saturday, August 6, 2016, following his funeral in Fort Myers. Archilles, 14, was shot and killed outside Club Blu on July 25, 2016.

The wife of a double murder victim is comforted as she grieves on the scene. The victims, who were brothers, were found shot in a car early Saturday. Both died from gunshot wounds.

Clermont firefighters and bystanders work to remove a 63-year-old man from his car after a truck carrying sand overturned and crushed his car as he was waiting at an intersection.

Connie Brown, the sister-in-law of a woman who was killed in a murder suicide, is consoled after finding out about the double shooting.

Bill Barton, 47, of Clewiston removes some of his clothing from his mobile home with help from his daughter Courtney, right. Barton jumped out just before the wind from Hurricane Wilma flipped his trailer.

Jerry and Kathe Starks, the parents of Fort Myers Police Officer and former Bayshore firefighter Daniel Starks, embrace after they were given the flag and his fire helmet during the graveside service. Starks, who was on his first solo shift, was killed in a collision while rushing to assist in a pursuit.

Mariscela Muniz, left, hugs her mother Luz Maria Gauna while they wait in line for water and ice in Belle Glade after Hurricane Wilma. The line for provisions was around the block, and many waited for hours.