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(Update) The D&Z Family Responds To Backlash Over Viral Rescue Videos & Gives The Rundown On What Happened

<p>Recently popular social media family the <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;social-media-calls-out-tiktok-couple-the-dz-family-after-they-are-accused-of-faking-a-rescue-during-the-flooding-in-florida&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">D&amp&semi;Z Family<&sol;a><&sol;strong> faced backlash from social media users after they were accused of staging a rescue during the flooding that took place in Florida due to Hurricane Ian&period; They have denied the accusations and responded with receipts on what happened behind the viral TikTok videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a new sit-down <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;-OHeKhPVlXM" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>video<&sol;em><&sol;a> Desire&&num;8217&semi;e and Zay&comma; along with Zay&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; gave the background on what led them to even go out while it was still flooding in their area&period; They explained that they had stored their cars elsewhere to prevent significant damage from the storm&period; Once things calmed down&comma; they went to retrieve their cars&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s where the videos began&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They explained that Zay&&num;8217&semi;s mom&comma; who was visiting from Atlanta&comma; had stored her car in a parking garage in a nearby area&period; They had dropped her off so that she could get her car&period; However&comma; she did not know that the area she attempted to get to was super flooded&period; She had a hard time getting in touch with Desire&&num;8217&semi;e and Zay to let them know that there was too much water where she tried to go&period; They also acknowledged that they tried to reach out to her as well&comma; but due to the service&comma; it was not possible&period; However&comma; they were able to use social media to try and help their situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Desire&&num;8217&semi;e and Zay say as content creators they show the good and bad&comma; 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