Florida woman fleeing Irma wins lottery in North Carolina
By Ben Hooper
Tiffany Hatfield of Ocoee, Fla., won $10,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket she bought in North Carolina while fleeing Hurricane Irma. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Education Lottery
Hatfield, who hails from Ocoee, scratched off her ticket and started screaming when she saw that she had won $10,000, the Charlotte News and Observer reported.
She said the money will go toward repairing her home post-Irma.