‘Grand Bahama right now is dead’: A firsthand look at Dorian’s destruction – CNN

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By Patrick Oppmann, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Jose Armijo, CNN

Updated 10:08 AM ET, Mon September 9, 2019

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Patrick Oppmann is a CNN correspondent based in Havana. Jaide Timm-Garcia is a CNN producer in Atlanta. Jose Armijo is a CNN photojournalist based in Mexico City.

Freeport, Bahamas (CNN)It’s been almost a week since Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas, but the deadly hurricane continues to haunt those of us who rode out the storm here.

    Workers board up a shop's window front as they make preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport on August 30.Workers board up a shop's window front as they make preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport on August 30.
    Jose Armijo shoots Patrick Oppmann's reporting from the balcony of an ocean-view apartment as Hurricane Dorian pounds Freeport.Jose Armijo shoots Patrick Oppmann's reporting from the balcony of an ocean-view apartment as Hurricane Dorian pounds Freeport.
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      CNN on the scene as victims dragged from knee-high waterCNN on the scene as victims dragged from knee-high water
      CNN on the scene as victims dragged from knee-high water

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Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/world/bahamas-dorian-aftermath-reporters-notebook/index.html

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