TAMPA, Fla. — At every home game, The Tampa Bay Lightning honor a local person or nonprofit working to make an impact in our community.
During the game on February 4, Irene Weiss and Margot Benstock were both named Lightning Community Heroes.
Both women are daughters of Holocaust survivors.
They worked to get a fishing boat named “Thor,” which was used to smuggle Danish Jews to Sweden during the 1940s, to be put on display later this year at The Florida Holocaust Museum.
In recognition of their efforts, the Lightning Foundation gave Irene and Margot $50,000, which they are donating to the museum for its educational outreach to students.
Pasco County woman trying to rebuild mobile home after hurricanes
"I cried, of course, because I've worked very hard getting it nice, which has been difficult for me since I lost my husband and being alone,” Kelly Welty said.
Welty's mobile home lost its roof during Hurricane Milton. She said it was the only one in the Buena Vista community to get totaled by a tornado.
