A Jeep left on Myrtle Beach during Hurricane Dorian on Sep. 5 caught the nation’s attention, but behind the camera, there were two cousins caught in the situation.
The video of the Jeep stuck in the sandy beach during the storm has since been viewed over 200,000 times and has led to lengthy discussions and speculations on how it got there.
“So he got on the beach and started driving it. I guess there’s that runoff there and he didn’t realize it was in front of him, he was looking out the window when he went off and got stuck, which you can see he actually banged up the bumper a bit,” the owner said.
The police found the red Jeep abandoned on the shore at 38th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach.
The owner of the Jeep told WMBF that his cousin tried to seek help from people, but the Jeep was stuck in the stormy weather and it couldn’t be removed from the beach.
He said his cousin didn’t disclose to him what had happened and it was the police who informed him about the Jeep.
“He avoided me for a good hour or two because he didn’t know what to say and then police actually came to the house. And they said, ‘Hey we found your Jeep on the beach.’ Then I called him and spoke to him and he told me exactly what happened,” the Jeep’s owner said.
He said he doesn’t want the Jeep to be damaged as it is a good Jeep, but he has a feeling that it'll not be recovered in good condition.
