DeSantis says Milton first responders relocated before storm ravaged Tropicana Field

Published October 10, 2024 11:29am ET



Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) assured the public that there were no first responders in Tropicana Field prior to the destruction of its roof, which he said was not fit for Hurricane Milton’s weather.

The hurricane made landfall in Florida on Wednesday night, which the governor said was thankfully not the “worst-case scenario” forecasters were anticipating. Milton ripped off the roof of Tropicana Field, the domed stadium of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays, where the Florida Division of Emergency Management had initially planned a base camp of 10,000 people to assist the storm’s post-landfall responders.

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