The sheet music bookcase in the basement of Ma Youcheng's home was destroyed.
Overseas network on September 7, Hurricane "Ada" hit, causing severe flooding in the eastern region of the United States. Ma Youyou, the sister of the well-known cellist Yo-Yo Ma, recently revealed that her home in Queens, New York City, was hit by floods, and her precious musical instruments and musical scores were seriously damaged.
According to the US World News Network, Ma Youcheng said that the basement of her home is the symphony orchestra studio, which contains piano, cello, viola, violin, guitar and many other precious instruments, as well as the manuscript of musical scores and a large number of music classics left by her father Ma Xiaojun, as well as professional electronic equipment and precious historical photos recorded for students. However, these precious items were submerged after the heavy rain on the night of the 1st, and none of them were spared, "Our family is really very sad." “
Ma You took a ride to dry the soaked sheet music.
"After 12 hours of soaking, there is no way to measure the loss with money." Ma Youcheng said in an interview on the 6th that the rain began to increase from 10 o'clock that night, and the whole family did not care at first, until 11 o'clock at night, when they found that the water surface was about to flood the floor, they were shocked, and went to the basement to check and found that it was already a sea.
Ma Youcheng also said, "Because there are a lot of electronic devices inside, we don't dare to rush in, so we can only dial 911 for help." "Firefighters came to the rescue at about 3 a.m. on the 2nd and did not drain the water until noon.
Source: Overseas Network