Ceteria Holley said she climbed on top of her dining room table as several feet of water engulfed her home in Pensacola on Wednesday.
Rescuing her grandson, she put the infant on her back so he wouldn't drown.
Holley was just one of dozens of other residents living in the Forrest Creek Apartment complex who escaped.John Honeycutt said he took a canoe and rescued at least seven people and two dogs. After making landfall on the Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, Hurricane Sally's Category 2 storm wreaked havoc on the states of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
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