The morning after Tropical Storm Irene, Yvonne Reuter, Kitty Leer, and Elizabeth Leer woke up to find flood waters rising around Reuter's home in Fleischmanns, NY. Here's the story of how they escaped -- and how that morning changed their lives.
Video produced by Lisa A. Phillips, with help from Lauren Scrudato. To read the Faces of the Flood profile of the Reuter/Leer family, click here.