Maryland soldiers rescuing victims in North Carolina after Helene 

Cut off from the rest of the world, flood victims in and around Asheville, North Carolina look skyward for help, and the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Response Team has flown 17 missions, rescuing 65 people from the area since Saturday, including an infant. “I’ve seen the devastation,” said Major General Janeen Birckhead of the Maryland National Guard, “The team is sending back footage--the trees, the ground, the houses actually off their foundation or no longer there, and you think of the team going in and saving a baby or dozens of pets that really mean something to people. So those are the types of stories that I’m hearing and just receiving ‘thank you’s from people I don’t even know.”