With little food, water or power, Puerto Rico residents say ‘no one has come’ to help

After Hurricane Maria came ashore as a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane in September, Vasquez, who lives in New York City, is tending to their needs.
Even though President Donald Trump tweeted days ago that all buildings have been inspected, Vasquez told ABC News’ David Muir that she had not yet seen inspectors at her parents’ fourth-floor apartment or in the building.
Inside the tiny apartment, the windows have been blown out by the hurricane.
On the same day Muir was there, a doctor visited their apartment.
"I had a piece of bread, half of bread, and I shared it with like four apartments.
Down the hallway from Vasquez’s parents lives 70-year-old Maria Diaz, with whom Vasquez shares her bread and water.
Diaz told Muir that she was drinking the tap water even though she knew it was not safe.
Only 47 percent of the island’s water customers have access to potable water, according to the office of Puerto Rico’s governor, and just 7 percent of the island has power back.
There’s a lot of people here that don’t have family, don’t have no one to take them a bottle of water, or anything to drink."

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