Veterans heeded the call to help after flooding from Helene devastated mountain towns. Many found the new purpose they had been looking for.
November 11, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Four days after Hurricane Helene ripped through Western North Carolina, I arrived to document the destruction as a photojournalist. The storm, which had upended entire communities, left 96 confirmed dead and dozens still missing.
The deeper I traveled into those ravaged mountains, the greater the destruction, stretching on endlessly, unfathomable in its scope.
