SOUTH TOE, N.C. —For people in Western North Carolina, the sound of helicopter blades fill their memories, not only of Helene, but the hope that came in the days and weeks after the storm.
“You know, without those private citizens bringing those supplies in, really early on, I think we would have been where we were seeing more mortality,” said Zac O’Donnell.
O’Donnell is a firefighter at the South Toe Fire Department. He says it’s still hard to think of how cut off their community was from the outside world…