For the past 30 years, Lee’s 24 Hour Towing has been serving the Triangle by transporting vehicles where they need to go, but after Hurricane Helene ravished western North Carolina, the mission changed.
“It’s a God thing. He moved me out the way, used the tools we had and we’ve answered the call,” said Lee Gardener, the owner.
Gardener organized this effort in front of his business that the community continues to support by donating food, water and much more.
“We’re not going to quit until all relief supplies are in the right hands,” he said.
I was taught long ago around folks that said if you see a need, you meet the need.
They made the hours-long drive to the western part of the state to deliver the items themselves, but along the way, they captured devastating images of what Helene left behind.
“Trees were down, houses swept away, roads torn up,” said Andrew Laverdierd, a driver with Lee’s Towing. “It’s just not something you see every day.”
They made one stop at Buncombe County Middle School where their items were taken into what looked like a distribution site.