Trent Collins, 31, was 11 years old when he was photographed as he walked on the debris left by Hurricane Hugo next to his father’s hotel, The Tropic House at Second Avenue North and Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. Trent’s family owned the hotel and the Second Avenue Pier. The pier was destroyed and built back, and he now he helps run it. TIM DOMINICK/TDOMINICK@THESTATE.COM