WEBVTT IN CINCINNATINOW.SHE SAYS COMMUNICATION DOWNTHERE IS SCARCE BUT PEOPLE NEEDASSISTANCE JUST AS MUCH AS THOSEIN FLORIDA.WE'RE SCREAMING FORATTENTION.rtWE NEED HELP.KARIN: AS VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TOSEND DONATIONS TO TEXAS ANDFLORIDA SARALYNN AUGUSTINE SAYSTHE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NEEDTHEM TOO.rt>> WE NEED HELP, WE NEEDDONATIONS.WE NEED SUPPLIES.WE NEED FOOD AND WATER FOR OPEOPLE.KARIN:rt ORIGINALLY FROM ST.THOMAS SARALYNN HAS BEEN GLUEDTO FACEBOOK.IT'S WHERE SHE IS TURNING TO GETUPDATES ABOUT HER MOTHER,UNCLES, COUSINS AND FRIEND>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSErtPICTURES AND WE'RE SAYING MYCOUSIN LIVES HERE IN THIS HOUSE.CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SEND AMESSAGE FOR SOMEONE TO GO FINDHER.KARIN:rt WHILE SOCIAL MEDIA CANBRING RELIEF WHEN WORD GETS BACKTO HER THAT A LOVED ONE IS SAFSOME IMAGES, CREATE HEARTACHE.rt>> TO SEE YOUR FAVORITE GROCERYSTORE OR THE SCHOOLS THAT YOUGREW UP IN OR THE POST OFFICETHAT YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS GETSrtPACKAGES OR SENDS PACKAGES FROM,TO SEE COMPLETE AND UTTERDESTRUCTION OF SOME OF THEBUILDINGS.WE'RE NOT JUST ATTACHED TO THESEPEOPLE, WE'RE ATTACHED TO THErtLAND ITSELF.KARIN: LAND THAT HAS BEENDEVASTATED AND ISLANDS THATDESERVE THE SAME ATTENTION ASTHE MAINLAND.rt>> WE FEEL FORGOTTEN.I'M HEARING PEOPLE COMPARE US TOTHIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.WE'RE NOT THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.WE'RE AMERICAN CITIZENS.rtWE ARE U.S. CITIZENS.KARIN: SARALYNN SAYS SHE HASHEARD THAT HER MOTHER AND OTHERFAMILY MEMBERS ARE OK BUT DUE TOCELL SERVICE, SHE HASN'T BEENrtABLE TO TALK TO THEM SINCE
St. Thomas native living in Cincinnati says islands need help too
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Updated: 7:00 PM EDT Sep 12, 2017
As volunteers continue to send donations to Texas and Florida, Saralynn Augustine said the U.S. Virgin Islands need help too."We're screaming for attention. We need help," Augustine said. "We need donations. We need supplies. We need food and water for our people."Originally from St. Thomas, Augustine now calls Cincinnati home. She has been glued to Facebook these last few days for updates about her mother, uncles, cousins and friends."We're looking at those pictures, and we're saying my cousin lives here in this house. Can someone please send a message for someone to go find her?" Augustine said.While social media can bring relief when word gets back that a loved one is safe, Augustine said some images create heartache."To see your favorite grocery store, or the schools that you grew up in, or the post office that your family always gets packages or sends packages from, to see complete and utter destruction of some of these buildings, we're not just attached to these people, we're attached to the land itself," Augustine said. Land that has been devastated, and islands that deserve the same attention as the mainland."We feel forgotten. I'm hearing people compare us to third world countries. We're not Third World countries. We're American citizens. We're U.S. citizens," Augustine said.
CINCINNATI — As volunteers continue to send donations to Texas and Florida, Saralynn Augustine said the U.S. Virgin Islands need help too.
"We're screaming for attention. We need help," Augustine said. "We need donations. We need supplies. We need food and water for our people."
Originally from St. Thomas, Augustine now calls Cincinnati home. She has been glued to Facebook these last few days for updates about her mother, uncles, cousins and friends.
"We're looking at those pictures, and we're saying my cousin lives here in this house. Can someone please send a message for someone to go find her?" Augustine said.
While social media can bring relief when word gets back that a loved one is safe, Augustine said some images create heartache.
"To see your favorite grocery store, or the schools that you grew up in, or the post office that your family always gets packages or sends packages from, to see complete and utter destruction of some of these buildings, we're not just attached to these people, we're attached to the land itself," Augustine said.
Land that has been devastated, and islands that deserve the same attention as the mainland.
"We feel forgotten. I'm hearing people compare us to third world countries. We're not Third World countries. We're American citizens. We're U.S. citizens," Augustine said.
