Women drive from Illinois to Florida to save 93-year-old grandmother in Milton's path

A pistillate and her parent drove a full of 54 hours to instrumentality their household subordinate retired of Hurricane Milton's path.

Jennifer Seaman and her mom, Sue Schaffnit, began to interest astir Schaffnit’s parent who was surviving successful Venice, Florida, successful an assisted surviving home. 

Seaman’s grandmother, 93, was located conscionable southbound of Sarasota, Florida, wherever residents were affected by the Category 3 hurricane landfall. 

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Seaman told SWNS that she and her parent wanted to marque definite their household subordinate was harmless during the tempest — but all flights retired of the country were full. 

Seaman said she wasn't going to fto her grandma beryllium done the hurricane.  (SWNS)

"Around 9:00 p.m. [Oct. 6] erstwhile things started to get much severe, I was talking to my mom," she said, adding, "We were backmost and distant connected the phone, checking flights, but everything was booked."

An hr later, the brace decided to get successful the car and drive from Peoria, Illinois, to Venice and prime up Grandma themselves.

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Seaman said, "I went to my mom’s house, and we spent astir 5 minutes deciding what we were going to bash and went. We didn’t battalion bags oregon person a alteration of clothes."

The 2 women spent 20 hours driving successful the car earlier arriving successful Venice — a 1,210-mile journey. 

Seaman and her parent drove from Illinois to Florida to prime up their 93-year-old household member. The round-trip car thrust took 54 hours to complete. (SWNS)

Seaman said the location her grandma was staying successful had planned to structure successful spot and encouraged the residents to enactment done the storm. 

"I deliberation for my ma and I, if thing atrocious was to hap oregon if the tempest was to instrumentality a monolithic crook and hitch radical out, the past happening we wanted was my grandma to person died without household with her," she said. 

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After picking up Grandma, the women got backmost connected the roadworthy to permission Florida — sitting successful gridlocked postulation for six hours portion lone moving 100 miles.

"As we were getting out, the tempest was picking up intensity," Seaman told SWNS. 

Jennifer Seaman, 40, (left) and her grandma (right) took the travel backmost to Illinois from Florida conscionable up of Hurricane Milton making landfall. (SWNS)

The 3 of them recovered a edifice extracurricular of Atlanta, Georgia, wherever they checked successful for a three-hour powerfulness nap, according to the outlet.

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After that, they got connected the roadworthy and drove the remaining mode backmost to Illinois.

A pistillate and her parent drove 54 hours to prime up their household subordinate from Florida up of Hurricane Milton. They said the thrust wasn't easy, but everyone made it location safe. (SWNS)

Seaman told SWNS that her grandma was "very relieved" to permission earlier the hurricane hit, but wants to get backmost to Florida. 

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"She is anxious to get backmost and spot however everything is, but we person seen the flooding successful Venice and the powerfulness is out, truthful we can’t interaction her assisted surviving home," Seaman said. 

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Seaman for further comment.