(CNN) After the hurricane blew the roof off his house on Abaco, the real challenge started for Brent Lowe.

Lowe said he waded through chin-high water to reach safety while the storm raged around him. He had to carry his 24-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. And Lowe is blind.

"I was terrified," Lowe told CNN. "I didn't realize the water was that deep. I was thinking maybe knee deep. It wasn't until I stepped off and I realized, oh, I wonder if it gets deeper because that means I have to swim with him, you know what I mean.

"But thankfully it didn't get over my head."

Brent Lowe in Nassau

The Bahamas took a beating during Hurricane Dorian, with Category 5 winds thrashing the islands and leaving at least 43 people dead, though authorities think the death toll will rise.

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