Sammi Davis

Aug 14, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Scott Stump |Leah M. Nagy |Sammi Davis |Amy Eley

Jubee Bedoya spent hours in the Pacific Ocean clutching to a piece of plywood with one arm while holding a stranger's 2-year-old child as fire overtook the town of Lahaina. "As we were in the water, we heard people screaming," Bedoya tells TODAY's Miguel Almaguer. "It’s like someone just dropped a bomb."His story is just one from those who sought refuge in the ocean while fleeing the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history as the death toll climbs to 96.