MARSH HARBOUR, Abaco — The stench of death lingers throughout Marsh Harbour, Abaco. It’s easy to mistake the once-booming island for the scene of a post-apocalyptic film.
During a visit to the settlement yesterday, The Nassau Guardian observed three dead bodies trapped in the rubble of a church destroyed by the deadly winds of Hurricane Dorian – a Category 5 storm that ravaged the island on Sunday.
The morgue at the government clinic reeked of the nauseating smell of the decomposing eight bodies there. Shortly after noon, a flatbed truck pulled up to the clinic. It carried more victims of Dorian’s wrath.
Four men in white quarantine suits assisted another 11 men unload dead bodies into an air-conditioned trailer. It is unclear how many bodies were in the trailer. However, there was more to the bleakness of Marsh Harbour than just those killed by the storm.
There was also those who are scarred: mentally, physically and emotionally. One woman roamed the runway at the now-flooded Marsh Harbour International Airport.
She said nothing, only screamed in apparent agony. Men and women at the airport and the clinic moaned in pain.
