Memories washed away with flooding

MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- A mother's most precious memories keep getting washed away. She says it's all because a property owner won't pay attention to a problem that happens every time there's heavy rain, and it's been going on for a few years.

"Rebecca," a little girl said.

That's not the name of the girl though, it's the name of four-year-old Audrey's favorite doll she lost in the wet mess Friday. The rain in her back yard was several feet high. Her basement was also a mess, and now a lot of her toys are trash.

"There's so much stuff we can never get back," said Sara Burns.

One item broke her heart.

"I picked up my daughter's stuff, her footprints from the hospital and the ink was just washed away from the card. It was harder than anything else," Sara said.

She says the flooding problem has been going on for about two years. Now thousands of dollars later, she can't take it anymore. The water is coming from the property connected to her backyard. It's owned by Fischel Properties.

"How many times have you reached out to him," asked News 8's Erin Logan.

"At least 15 times," Sara said.

Some sandbags in the yard are the only sign Sara has gotten that the property owner is taking it seriously. That was well over A year ago. Since then, nothing.

"The sandbags don't do anything," she said. "Every time it rains it starts to puddle, and we call and nothing. They don't answer. They don't call us back."

News 8 called several times and left specific messages, but no call back.

"We can't just go get an attorney and pay for everything else," Sara said.

What makes this even worse is Sara has no flood insurance. Either way, she says any memories lost related to children are irreplaceable.