Joy and relief greet Puerto Rico fuel deliveries after hurricane


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017

Carlos Ramos drives a gas truck to deliver gasoline following Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

QUEBRADILLAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - When Nestor Rodriguez saw Puma Energy fuel tanker 333 pull into Puerto Rico's Quebradillas gas station at 12:37 p.m. on Monday, he bowed, raising his arms to the heavens.

"I didn't know if it would come today, or if wouldn't," he said as he filled up his tank, after a three-hour wait in the Caribbean sun. "When I saw that truck, I saw the glory. It was like seeing the Lord."

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