But he was relieved to hear that his family had survived.
The family survived the 1926 hurricane that hit the area.
"We felt like the family could not survive financially on their own."
A 13-year-old girl wrote that her family survived a week on their pet dog.
I was glad to hear that he and his family have survived.
Something is very wrong with the country when a family cannot survive on $48,000 a year.
They started a new family and at least three children survived.
If nuclear war ever did break out, he felt confident his family would survive.
Most of us have no idea how many families and individuals are barely surviving.
After the plague year of 1432, only seven families survived in the town.