Flint (WJRT) - A retired Flint auto worker (click here) is using his talents to lift spirits in Hurricane Maria's aftermath in Puerto Rico.
Armando Fernandez has completed murals in different parts of the city of Flint over the years, including many works of art at the Hispanic Technology & Community Center in Flint back in the early 2000s.
Now three months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving destruction and death, Fernandez is using his gift of art to inspire.
Fernandez spent dozens of hours painting a six-foot canvas of Nin. Nin is a 96-year-old woman who lives in the Puerto Rican city of Moca....
...He's been lifting spirits now for more than a month. Armando and his son left Flint to help his elderly parents who also live in Moca.
"At one point my dad -- everything was going out -- and getting in line to possibly get water," Fernandez said. "One time he waited in line, I'm not exaggerating, 15 hours."
He said it was difficult to know his dad experienced that, but his parents are doing better now. Their electricity is restored although they still experience outages here and there. Others are still in bad shape.
"Still areas that they can't reach that people are in dire need of help. The roads are -- it's more inland and up in the hills -- and there's people that don't have any water and need medical assistance," Fernandez said....
