Two Clinton newlyweds who traveled to Jamaica for their honeymoon were trapped on the island's north shore Oct. 28 as Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm.

High school sweethearts Stone Town, 21, and Lexi Perkins, 20, were married at a barn in Clinton on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Less than a week later, after days spent meeting locals and enjoying Jamaica's beaches, the couple were calling family from their room at their resort and trying to get a flight off the island.

"They told us the airports are in distress, there's no way for the planes to land or to fly out," Town said, speaking over a shaky phone connection just before noon Oct. 28.

At the same time, Hurricane Melissa was making landfall on Jamaica's southern coast.

The couple rode out the storm in Jamaica and arrive

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