Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One House at a Time

COMERIO, Puerto Rico — I live with my parents and older brother in this rural mountain town in the center of this island. Hurricane Maria made landfall here six months ago this week. The strong winds began to lash our area by 2 a.m. on Sept. 20. Our power and water had already been shut off for a day by then.

"Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One House at a Time" is from the March 20, 2018 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Mariangelie Ortiz Ortiz and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.