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Hurricane Volunteers Threatened With Arrest While Thousands Still Missing
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Oct 3, 2024
Report from private helicopter pilot trying to help stranded people in the mountains
LAW ENFORCEMENT TOLD HIM TO LEAVE AND NOT HELP OR HE'D BE ARRESTED:
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house sdm's phone started lighting up on Saturday with people begging for help
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man I could hear the desperation in her voice this is multiple calls I've received like this voicemails text
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messages and you could hear people desperate for help… his son rescued four people on Saturday and
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spent the night in a nearby Pilot's Lounge then decided to fly again Sunday morning I spoke with my son which is my
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co-pilot um I I said hey you want to go back out and and try to help today and Sdam and his son were headed up to
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Black Mountain flight tracking shows no flight restrictions in place Saturday or Sunday morning when sdam flew through
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theLake Lure Gapthe sdam spotted in an older couple waiting for help then landed in what's left of their driveway
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it it was kind of unstable so I didn't want to put more weight in the helicopter to lift back off so I left my
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son with the other victim and and I was just going to take one person down at the time 3 minutes away sdam spotted a
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group of Rescuers just down the river he landed and found someone in charge told him my background experience law
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enforcement uh firefighting pilot he immediately started uh helping with coordination he he gave me radio
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frequencies to coordinate with them on um set up a landing area for me to come back with the uh other victim and in the
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uh middle of the whole conversation and and then blocking the road off I was greeted by the uh Lake Lure fire chief
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or assistant chief maybe and he shut down the whole operation he asked me to leave and and I said hey I have no
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problem getting out of your area if that's what you want us to do we'll leave no issue at that point I asked him
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you know what was the reason I had to leave them there and and he said again You're interfering with my operation I I
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just need you to get out of the area I said sir I'm I don't know where you were trained at but I know how my training is
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and I'm not going to leave Personnel behind I'm I'm going back to get my co-pilot he said if you turn around and go back up the mountainyou're going to be arrested
I said well sir I'm I'm going back to get my co-pilot I I don't know what to tell you and he said
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I'm letting you know and at that point he waited for two Law Enforcement Officers to come over and told me that
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again if I go back up the mountain I would be arrested he flew the 3-minute trip back picked up his son son and left…..
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