Florida Business Owners Paid It Forward When Storm Took A Turn

Florida business owners traveled to the Harlem Heights neighborhood to help others not as lucky to have missed the storm's most brutal impact.

Harlem Heights is a poor, majority Hispanic community in Florida. Residents there say they feel neglected after Hurricane Ian hit the area — but owners of a business located hours away are changing that.

After the storm nearly hit his family, Peter Gangi decided to pay it forward by creating his own storm distribution event in one of the poorest areas of Lee County's Harlem Heights.

"We're from Sarasota, and it was supposed to hit Sarasota," Peter Gangi said. "When it didn't hit Sarasota and we saw the news, I said, 'We have to do something.'"