*A Florida mother has been left heartbroken and devastated after her two sons were killed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

According to multiple reports, Lachera Burrowes was not aware that her six-year-old Tahjir Burrowes, who suffered from severe autism, had wandered out of their home on Oct. 5 and headed for a hurricane-flooded canal, as reported by Today.

Burrowes said the boy was drawn to water and was able to leave the property undetected after the storm destroyed the fence around the family home. When Tahjir’s older bother Tahjon, 17, realized he was missing, he went searching for him on foot while Lachera jumped in her car and drove to the canal.

When she got there and saw nothing she called the police. Hours passed before a detective arrived at her home and delivered the tragic news that both her boys had drowned in a nearby flooded canal.

Source: Teenager and His Brother, 6, Drown in Flooded Canal After Hurricane Ian