Swannanoa, North Carolina, resident Lance Mills recounts how he and his family escaped to the roof as floodwater from Hurricane Helene swept through their home.
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00:00The house was attached by this breezeway until the floodwater pushed it off its foundation.
00:10Like I say, the front porch used to be there where the stone steps are, and it wound up
00:18over there.
00:20And when there was nothing to hold the porch roof up, it collapsed.
00:25Like literally, Jonah stood on the back of that chair and hit the drywall with a flashlight
00:31until he broke through, got up in the attic.
00:34I didn't have the strength to pull myself up, and I sort of threw my hands in the air
00:38and was like, I don't know what to do.
00:39And they just literally grabbed me by the wrists and jointed me through that hole, and
00:42we got on the roof for part of the time it was moving.
00:46We're sitting up on that part of the roof, just waiting for someone to come and save
00:52us.
00:53But yeah, that sound right there, phew.
01:00Yeah.
01:03You know, I will have lived in North Carolina 31 years this June.
01:13Our kids were born here, and this is part of us.
01:18You know, we're part of this community, we're connected.
01:22Those roots were not shaken by this storm.
01:26That part's still here.