The catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Helene’s forceful winds and heavy rainfall was not enough to deter a father from traveling hours, including on foot, from South Carolina to Tennessee to walk his daughter down the aisle on her wedding.
David Jones did the impossible when he managed to make it to his daughter’s wedding on time Saturday morning. What would have been a two-hour drive from Boiling Springs, South Carolina to Johnson City, Tennessee, turned into an almost 27-mile overnight journey, the 64-year-old father told USA TODAY on Monday.
“I think every dad would do everything they could to get to their daughter’s wedding,” Jones said. “Like the scripture says, ‘With God, anything is possible.’ I think this was a prime example of that.”
The Southeast is still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Helene, including the millions without power, thousands whose homes are flooded and families of the more than 100 people who have been confirmed dead.
At one point during Jones’ travels, he said the conditions looked like a “Hollywood disaster movie times 10.”