SABINA RYMAN

Editor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “Violent Earth With Liev Schreiber” explores harrowing weather events such as hurricanes that are increasingly frequent in our changing climate. It airs Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. David Littlefield remembers the moment he realized he would survive Hurricane Ian. The retired commercial pilot and recreational boater was stranded at sea when the category 4 storm devastated the west coast of Florida in late September 2022.