ND volunteers step up for Hurricane Helene victims
Casey Veil (left, black shirt) and Treven Iverson (right, sunglasses) of Jamestown pose with volunteers and the supplies they flew into a distribution point in Jefferson, N.C. on Oct. 5. Photo contributed by Veil.
James Owen (right) with Dave Garris, airport manager at Johnson County Airport, one of the distribution points he delivered to. “Garris worked from sun up until sun down unloading planes,” said Owen. Photo contributed by Owen.
Freddie and Shauna Gentry (left) along with Garrett Romelle with trucks from S&F Trucking and Mann Energy used to gather relief supplies donated from across North Dakota. Freddie and Shauna were bound for North Carolina on Oct. 21. Photo submitted by Shauna Gentry.
Pilots, truckers, businesses answer calls for relief
Several North Dakota pilots, truckers and other businesses voluntarily ferried relief supplies to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene in the past few weeks.
The hurricane tore a wide swath of death and destruction across several southeastern states in late September. It will take months and likely years to rebuild infrastructure, homes and normal…
