Operation Familia’ evacuees help those who lost their homes [Video]

ALYSSA. YEAH. DARLENE. DOUG. WELL, THE VILLAGE OF RUIDOSO AND RED CROSS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS STARTED. WE DO SEE SOME OF THE BATHROOMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET UP, AS WELL AS SOME HOUSING TRAILERS OVER HERE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE ABLE TO HOLD ROOMS OF ABOUT FIVE. BUT AGAIN, WE ALSO SPOKE TO EVACUEES WHO ARE ABLE TO GO HOME EARLIER TODAY. SO WHEN YOU’RE WALKING AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE WONDERING IF IS THAT THE LAST TIME WE GET TO SEE OUR HOUSE, CHRIS MENDOZA REMEMBERS WHAT IT WAS LIKE EVACUATE WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD BE LEFT OF THEIR HOMES. WE STOPPED IN HONDO AND THAT’S WHEN WE REALIZED THAT, SORRY, WE WERE TAKING THE FOOD TRUCK. CAN. IT WAS TIME TO HELP BOTH MENDOZA AND ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS FOUND THEIR HOUSE IS STILL STANDING. THAT BREATH OF RELIEF. UM. SO …