COLUMBUS — Volunteers with the Civilian Crisis Response Team loaded up an aircraft to fly supplies to North Carolina.
According to the Associated Press, Hurricane Helene is responsible for at least 121 deaths across Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is the first time the non-profit has asked for a volunteer pilot. They put a call on social media and had 75 pilots respond.
WRTV “For them to take their time, their money, their aircraft, and do this. It was unexpected the amount of overwhelming response we’ve had,” J.R. Grounds, the Director of the Civilian Crisis Response Team, said.
One of those volunteer pilots is John Freas. He says he grew up flying. He heard about the need on Facebook and knew he wanted to step up and help.
WRTV “We are all in this together,” Freas said. “If somebody needs help, we need to step in and give them a hand. And that comes around, right? If we need help, hopefully someone will feel the same way for us.”…