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Virginia troopers recognized Helene response, rescuing people from roof of Unicoi County Hospital
into Tennessee as deadly flooding hit rural areas, including Unicoi County. They helped get people to safety after they gathered on the roof of the county's hospital, trying to escape the swelling ...
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‘Virginia to the rescue’: Med-Flight pilots recount details of Erwin hospital rescue
On Sept. 27, Virginia State Police pilots Jeff Bush and Brian Canada transported 44 people to safety from the roof of the nearly submerged Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee. During that ...
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Tennessee hospital was destroyed by Helene. Why others in the state face a risk.
The hospital in Erwin, Tennessee was destroyed by floodwaters, but no one died. In hindsight, why was it built next to a river?
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Tennessee hospital was destroyed by Helene. Why others in the state face a risk.
Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said past weather patterns can lull people ... hospital roof, Thigpen pointed out. It had rained about 5 inches in Erwin ...
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Helicopter plucked patients from a flooded Tennessee hospital. More are in a flood plain.
Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said past weather patterns can lull people ... hospital roof, Thigpen pointed out. It had rained about 5 inches in Erwin ...
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Hurricane Helene destroyed a Tennessee hospital. Officials knew it was at risk.
Erwin, Tennessee — April Boyd texted ... It was sunny outside when people were evacuated from the hospital roof, Thigpen pointed out. It had rained about 5 inches in Erwin over several days ...
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The decisions that cost some lives and saved others during Helene’s wrath
ERWIN, Tenn ... were trying to stay afloat in rising floodwaters, several dozen people were evacuated to the roof of a hospital one mile up the river. Later that afternoon, helicopters ...
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Inside the rescue at Tennessee hospital struck by Helene: 'You are getting off that roof'
On the roof, regional hospital director Dr. Sean ... evacuation and rescue of the hospital in Erwin, the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee interviewed 10 people involved in the Unicoi hospital ...
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‘Mass of people on the roof.’ Soldier rescues dozens trapped by floodwater at Unicoi County Hospital
(WSMV) - Dozens of people were stranded by floodwaters at the Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin ... the roof, he announced who he was, and I said, ‘Hey, I’m Captain Rodriguez with the Tennessee ...
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Erwin, Tennessee, is one of towns hardest hit by flooding after Helene. Here's what happened.
Erwin, Tennessee is amongst the list of cities crippled by the effects of Hurricane Helene in East Tennessee. Photos and videos of the area taken before and after rising and swift floodwaters ...
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Where is Erwin, Tennessee? What happened there when Hurricane Helene's remains reached it?
Erwin, Tennessee is amongst the list of cities crippled by the effects of Hurricane Helene in East Tennessee. Photos and videos of the area taken before and after rising and swift floodwaters ...
New York Post8mon
Rescue missions after Helene’s flooding include dozens stranded on Tennessee hospital roof
The dramatic scene at Unicoi County Hospital, in Erwin, Tennessee ... had ample amount of people to move people up to the roof,” Jennifer Harrah, the Tennessee hospital’s administrator ...