Freddie and Shauna Gentry (left) along with Garrett Romelle with trucks from S&F Trucking and Mann Energy used to gather relief supplies donated from across North Dakota. Freddie and Shauna left North Dakota bound for North Carolina on Oct. 21. Contributed by Shauna Gentry.
A volunteer with Brian Fredrickson (right) as they sort through supplies brought in by pilots. Fredrickson said at the height of the mission they were running around 30 supply flights per day.
Casey Veil (left, black shirt) and Treven Iverson (right, sunglasses) of Jamestown pose with volunteers and the supplies they flew into a distribution point in Jefferson, N.C. on Oct. 5. Contributed by Veil.
Pilots, truckers, businesses answer calls for relief
Several North Dakota pilots, truckers and other businesses voluntarily ferried relief supplies to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene in the past few weeks.
The hurricane tore a wide swath of death and destruction across several southeastern states in late September. It will take months and likely years to rebuild infrastructure, homes and normal…