{"id":447046,"date":"2020-09-19T15:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T22:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=447046"},"modified":"2020-09-19T15:32:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T22:32:48","slug":"eastern-shore-aquatic-center-destroyed-by-hurricane-sally-raising-funds-to-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/eastern-shore-aquatic-center-destroyed-by-hurricane-sally-raising-funds-to-rebuild\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Shore Aquatic Center, Destroyed by Hurricane Sally, Raising Funds to Rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rich Suhs<\/strong> checked the chlorine levels in the two pools at the Eastern Shore Aquatic Center Tuesday, preparing for a loss of power as Hurricane Sally roared toward Daphne, Alabama.<\/p>\n

The next time he visited the facility he\u2019s owned for 11 years, he was greeted by an aluminum roof shredded to pieces, collapsed walls and debris spread across the parking lot and adjoining fields. Making matters worse for Suhs, known around the pool as “Coach Rich” who acquired the facility as part of his career as a coach, is a lack of insurance on the building to cover damages.<\/p>\n

Hayley Craig<\/strong>, who rents space at the facility for a swim school, has started a GoFundMe campaign<\/a> aiming to raise $25,000 to rebuild the facility. As of Saturday afternoon, they had raised more than $7,500.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverywhere around that place is OK, but for some reason, his is just demolished,\u201d Craig told AL.com<\/a>. \u201cHe has zero insurance on that building and it\u2019s a 100 percent loss.\u201d<\/p>\n