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Wed Oct 30 2024

Heroes and heartbreak: 36 hours on the front lines of Helene's floods

Mitch Hampton and his brother Jim Hampaton, sit down on the edge of the French Broad River near Hot Springs after a long day of searching for missing persons on Oct. 10, 2024.

As floodwaters roared through remote mountain communities of Western North Carolina, locals raced against time to save each other.

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