Welcoming the World Back: How Saipan’s Badminton Community Rebuilt After Sinlaku
Shaina Malonzo was sitting with her family as Typhoon Sinlaku stalled over Saipan. Then came a sound she will never forget. “We heard the roof tearing apart,” she said. “And it just flew away.” For the next several hours, the Northern Marianas national badminton player and high schooler huddled with her family beneath the only…