Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan left the band’s European tour a number of weeks in the past to get residence and tackle the damages executed to his Florida residence by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. Rutan has now issued a really somber replace, revealing that roughly 90% of every thing he and his spouse personal has been destroyed.
I might say we want Rutan and his household all the very best right now, however that appears like such a gross understatement. What Rutan and the remainder of everybody down south goes by way of proper now could be nothing in need of terribly tragic.
“We’re so grateful for all of the love and assist that has come our method,” wrote Rutan. “The constructive phrases, messages, texts and telephone calls have meant a lot to us. We really feel so blessed to know that so many individuals care. Hurricane Helene and Milton decimated so many houses and lives and ours was considered one of them.
“90% of every thing we personal together with private and household belongings, images, issues that may by no means get replaced in addition to musical and studio gear was both severely broken or fully destroyed. This expertise has been troublesome past phrases. Virtually 3 weeks in the past I left the Cannibal Corpse tour to fly residence to be with my Spouse, solely to see our residence and all our belongings in wreck.
“This has been one of the troublesome occasions of our lives. Proper now, we, in addition to many are struggling past measure. We labored so arduous our total lives to realize what we now have solely to see all of it taken away in a fleeting second. I don’t know how we are going to overcome all of this, however anybody that is aware of us is aware of that we’ll battle our method again by way of sheer will and willpower to hopefully at some point reclaim some sort of normalcy.
“As we attempt to decide up the items of our lives, please ship all of the constructive energy and vitality you possibly can. I’ll give additional updates when time permits. Everlasting Gratitude. RUTAN”
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