Letter to the Editor: Sussex resident recalls family in truck floating during storm

We got in the pickup and started out, but about a half-mile later, we were floating in the truck.”

I was 5 years old at the time of the Storm of ’62, and my family and I lived near the end of Long Neck Road (Massey’s Landing). My dad didn’t think the water would get to us, but it did. We got in the pickup and started out, but about a half-mile later, we were floating in the truck.

Luckily, my dad’s friend, Mervin Doughty (rest in peace), saw us and got his small boat, hooked up to us and pulled us to safety as far as he could. My 1-year-old twin sisters were in the cab with us, and I can still see the diapers floating out of the truck bed.

Whew, what a time. Many heroes that day!

Teresa Adams Herbert

Ellendale