'I knew I was going to die': Cameron Shrimpers Survive Sinking Boats During Hurricane Laura
By Rick Jervis
USA Today Network
As the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in 160 years howled and hammered him, Phillip “Rooster” Dyson Jr., held onto an industrial icebox on the back deck of his 50-foot shrimping trawler and prayed for daylight.
He thought of his four children and the rest of his family and realized he might not live to see them again.