It’s a place of security and safety where a person is both psychologically and financially invested, and has a foundation from which to weather life’s triumphs and tragedies. Over five months ago, that foundation for thousands of Grand Bahamians was either destroyed or left as a gutted shell that many are now in the slow process of trying to repair even as they struggle to pick up the pieces from shattered emotions and financial loss. As reconstruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian continues on the island, Perspective visited three of Freeport’s hardest-hit subdivisions — Regency Park, Hudson Estates and Heritage — which make up approximately 1,000 homes where hundreds of Grand Bahamians fled potential death into their roofs and where floodwaters left behind emptiness that only time, perseverance and critical assistance can fill.

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