He swam to safety from of his flooded Florida home as Hurricane Ian destroyed his business: "I lost my entire life"

As floodwaters swallowed Robert Podgorski and Jennifer Carbajal's home, the two swam to the safety of a neighbor's second-story balcony with their dogs above their heads. At the same time, their small and well-loved Fort Myers business, the Green Cup Cafe, was being decimated. 

In less than 24 hours, Hurricane Ian turned the couple's lives completely upside down. 

Podgorski and Carbajal were living with two roommates when Ian hit. The Category 4 storm caused a nearby river to overflow, and it didn't take long for floodwaters to start seeping into the house, which sits on a 3-foot-tall concrete block.