American’s from all walks of life seemingly sprung into action once the videos of what happened in the Smokey Mountains following Hurricane Helene.
Private helicopter operators have done a lot of the grunt work because of the devastation and terrain.
Many of the helicopter pilots have been coordinating with families asking for help because they haven’t heard from their loved ones.
Below we are going to post videos of these amazing volunteers doing the Lord’s work because the mainstream media isn’t going to show you this.
Below is a video from former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle who is doing his part:
The mirror that caught our attention well over a mile away 👀 only way we we were able to find someone stranded in the mountains at bottom of steep canyon. 6 attempts to land due to difficulty but we got there – got him a chainsaw, EpiPens, insulin, chicken food, formula, gas, 2… pic.twitter.com/Wdl4w7hMZM
— Greg Biffle (@gbiffle) October 3, 2024
Helicopters from Western New York are here deploying Starlinks out to fire departments and other essentially places thank you to all the pilots risking their lives pic.twitter.com/glJfqviM2r
— Greg Biffle (@gbiffle) October 1, 2024
The devastation seen today was unreal in Western North Carolina Thanks to @Starlink for providing these Black Mountain residents with the first contact they’ve had with their families in days thanks @elonmusk for a great thing pic.twitter.com/07EujpjpGZ
— Greg Biffle (@gbiffle) September 30, 2024
One of the photos below showing the trees that are down shows the power of the flood waters that moved through the forest. Truly insane to think about if you were in its way.
There’s no way that you can grasp the amount of damage left in the week of this hurricane. And there’s no way that you can comprehend the complete failure by our government to respond. There are Americans that have been left up in the mountains in the hills with no support. I… pic.twitter.com/eqQNDhZ1Dg
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) October 3, 2024
YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK: Volunteer helicopter pilots are waiting for the fog to clear this morning to get more water, food and critical medical supplies to remote towns hit hardest by #Helene
LIVE on AccuWeather TV & NOW Streaming #WNC #NCwx
HOW TO HELP: https://t.co/rj893gt1zr pic.twitter.com/L5s1GH6EmT
— Bill Wadell (@BillWadell) October 3, 2024
#Asheville #NC
Fella named Garrett Mitchell flew his own helicopter to help deliver supplies and fly out a few folks in hard-to-reach areas impacted by the storm.pic.twitter.com/44fSa71JQV https://t.co/rPSgzJOE1R
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) October 1, 2024
Local people are doing the heavy lifting with some help from the National Guard.
Feds aren’t doing much that I can see.
This was at Hickory Airport. pic.twitter.com/jqxTelitGD
— NotreDamin (@NotreDamin) September 29, 2024
Singing the praises of these heroes at the Statesville Airport. Yesterday this relief effort delivered over 8 tons of donations west of Hickory via 43 flights. May God Bless the volunteers, pilots and donors as they keep at it today. Via @gbiffle on IG pic.twitter.com/P93cT7g1em
— Dagen McDowell (@dagenmcdowell) September 30, 2024
Our guys otw to the Hickory airport with oxygen tanks for the elderly (they were down to 1 tank at the sight yesterday w/ over 60 people in need), toiletries, gowns, gloves, syringes, antibiotics, sanitizers, wheelchairs, crutches, covid tests, foam cleaners, masks & more. pic.twitter.com/KA1wp55CSw
— StarMed Healthcare (@StarMedCare) October 3, 2024
“By the end of day two, there was 37 helicopters, private helicopters on site at Hickory Airport helping out.”
pic.twitter.com/Trs6eQL3Rl— Heartland Journal ™️🎙️🗞️🇺🇸 (@millcreekview) October 2, 2024
The museum is now functioning as a relief call center, manned 24/7 by volunteers and our members. Hickory Airport is one of three FBO’s supporting the massive relief effort and has been averaging several hundred sorties/day for SAR and supplies. #helene2024 #hickorync #relief pic.twitter.com/8qz2uO5zBe
— Hickory Aviation Museum (@HickoryAvMuseum) October 2, 2024
Here’s some dramatic rescue footage: the man below and his wife rescue a mother and 4th month old running out of food and water.
