“We didn’t know that it was going to be like this, it took us by surprise.”

“We didn’t know that it was going to be like this, it took us by surprise.”

Guarionex Rosado

As he left his home while Tropical Storm Noel battered Santo Domingo.

“It’s a very bad situation to walk into because all the shoes have yet to drop.”

David Easthope

A senior analyst with financial services consultant Celent, after Merrill Lynch’s CEO, who is rumored to be close to leaving, announced the company’s biggest loss ever.

“It sounded like they were having a good time. Unfortunately, the fire didn’t show any mercy.”

Terry Walden

Whose 19-year-old daughter, Allison, died in a North Carolina blaze along with five other college students.