Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170915:21:39:00
Raised in st. croix. lived through the destruction of hurricane hugo in 1989. despite staying out of the spotlight he wrote an 5r8-oarti "don't forget about the islands." including a substantial donation from his own pocket. i talked to him while on a ferry about his experiences in the u.s. virgin islands. >> reporter: tell me about hugo. >> ah, and -- having flashbacks? >> exactly. absolutely. looking around, seeing the trees. everything's brown. all the leaves are gone. seeing the boats that are overturned, and out there, without their masts, in the harbor. with people scrambling trying to g...