San Antonio Spurs superstar Tim Duncan doesn’t often speak directly to or through media, at least not compared to his peers, but today he put out a plea for disaster relief in the Virgin Islands following the devastation of Hurricane Irma and the potential onslaught of Hurricane Jose. Published in The Player’s Tribune, Duncan’s lengthy story recounts his childhood experiences with Hurricane Hugo, which overtook the islands and his own home in 1989.
Duncan remembers his family’s fear as the storm struck:
Hugo hit at night. The first thing I remember is a loud boom from the windows blowing out of our house.