John and Judith Morgan of Fairfield, CT, married 31 years, were victims of a flash flood from torrential rains in late September. 

A wall of water broke through a basement window and gushed up through the clothes washer drain, also in the basement, depositing nearly five feet of water into their finished basement.

All their belongings were destroyed, including the boiler, hot water heater, freezer, spare refrigerator, washer, dryer and oil tanks.

Simultaneous to his horrible flood, Judith was diagnosed with breast cancer.

After more than 10,000 gallons of water were pumped out, the Morgans were left with no heat or hot water, as they grappled with Judith’s illness.

“We were not eligible for flood insurance because we are not considered in a flood zone, and our home insurance does not cover the kind of disaster we have endured,” John said. “Our resources were already strapped from the water removal, electrical work, removal of ruined belongings, Dumpsters, and demolition.”

Oil Heat Cares stepped in and provided the labor and material while Mark Santangelo of System 2000 provided a new boiler and new hot water tank for the Morgans. 

Thank you to Marty Briganti of Standard Oil of Connecticut for spearheading the effort and to all the Standard Oil volunteers on this project, including  Mike Briganti, Nicholas Briganti, Jason Bonet, Tom Barone, Sam Rodriguez, David Shomsky, Jim Tursi, Anthony Vazquez and Victoria Baillie.

Also thank you to Neal Garrison of Bosch, Brian Magner of Hocon Gas, Brian McCarthy of Gault and Eric Montas of Locinvar for their commitment to this very important project.