ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As guard Max Garcia prepares for Sunday's game against the Raiders, he'll be able to do so without as many worries as he had the previous week.
On Sept. 20, Hurricane Maria swept over Puerto Rico, which is home to Garcia's uncle and aunt, his grandfather and a great-great-aunt who is about 104 years old. In the aftermath of the Category-Four hurricane's devastation in the American territory, people struggled to gain access to necessities like food, water and electricity.
Beyond those basic needs, Puerto Rico also lost almost all of its cellphone towers, meaning communication to other people and services on the island and to friends and family in the mainland United States has been either impossible or extremely difficult.