‘We just got our lives back together again’: Florida family survives tornado during Milton after suffering loss from Helene

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A family is lucky to be alive after a tornado during Hurricane Milton tore through their home.

One of their family members was left hospitalized, and their home was destroyed.

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Since 1958, resident Robert Haight and his family have lived in their Fort Myers home.

Ahead of Hurricane Milton, Robert, his father, his 9-year-old daughter, and his pregnant wife of eight months were all hunkered down to ride out the storm.

In a swirling funnel, Robert described how his neighbor's truck spun around 180 degrees in the wind.

"I look out the window and... I saw the swirl, and I saw it jump, and it jump right down by that big jump vine on top of that tree," Robert told NBC affiliate WBBH .

That's when Robert got his family to safety— running into his daughter's room for cover, as the tornado wrecked their home.

"I said, sorry, baby. Go, go, go. And I'm there. I put my wife down there and I ran back to him and I didn't even stop. I didn't have time to stop."

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According to WBBH, the family had just bought brand-new appliances and cabinets after the damage left by Hurricane Helene.

"We just got our lives back together again, and it just got pieces again," Robert said.

WBBH said his father, who was hospitalized, is now recovering while his wife and daughter will stay somewhere else while they rebuild.

"Everything can be replaced. You know, I replaced it already one time before I can do it again," he said. "All it takes is hard work and determination. But the will that. The will that it's my family's house that is just not some landlord on it or anything like that. My family's been here for so long that I think that's why I mean so much."