"I've never been so scared in my life," Bennett said, "but that's when Arminta said, 'Mama, you've got to calm down. Let's pray.'" She grabbed all of us by the hand, and started praying." When the child finished praying, the water started receding. When the family scrambled down the attic stairs, they found almost every entrance blocked by the trees that had saved their lives. Clayberg Bennett, Carlotta's husband, led his family through a window, and all five members gingerly made their way to a Middle School, where they would stay for the next 10 days. "Once it was over, we had to get out, but we couldn't get out the door," Carlotta said. "The roots of that tree pulled the porch up in front of the door, so we had to climb out a window. A beam fell on my back, so I could hardly walk. Once we got outside, we had to walk on top of the debris, with nails sticking up everywhere, and all kinds of seafood on the ground – it was awful."