COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — One week ago Hurricane Helene took a northeast turn as it moved past our viewing area.
That spared us from major storm damage, but it put cities like Augusta in the bullseye. At least 20 people died in the storm and the folks there need all the help they can get.
Here in Columbus, locals are determined to help. Seven planes are going out Saturday morning, and they’ve already delivered one-and-a-half tons of relief supplies.
It started back on early Friday morning when bags and boxes of relief supplies were loaded into a single engine plane at Flightways Columbus. The Cessna 182 belongs to Debbie Morris. She’s retired from Pratt & Whitney and is among a group of local pilots that volunteers with Angel Flight.
“God brought me to Columbus,” said Morris. Initially it was for work, but really it was for my church and aviation. So I was very thankful. So that’s when I fell in love with aviation when I got my airplane.”
The non-profit Angel Flight is a Godsend when it comes to disaster relief. This is how Angel Flight Coordinator Len Strozier describes it.