Vermonters volunteer to respond to Helene destruction [Video]

The Vermont Urban Search and Rescue spent Monday in Asheville, North Carolina, recovering the bodies of people trapped in buildings swept away by floodwaters and searching for missing individuals.”I mean, even for us, we just came into a community that is extremely chaotic and we are the very first team that has been in here since the rain. And like I said to you, I can’t paint a picture on the damage,” said Mike Cannon, the project manager for the Vermont Urban Search and Rescue. VT Urban Search and Rescue were the first responders to the destruction in Asheville and he said they were exposed to all forms of destruction. They also have their K-9 unit present in the search for trapped individuals. The American Red Cross has been sending down volunteers from Vermont, New Hampshire and New York to help where necessary across the 500 miles of devastation affecting …