Monday, October 07, 2024

Good Samaritan Pilot Sounds Alarm After He Was Forced to Leave Helene Victim on Mountain Under Threat of Arrest

Good Samaritan Pilot Sounds Alarm After He Was Forced to Leave Helene Victim on Mountain Under Threat of Arrest

A South Carolina man who volunteered to make flights in his helicopter to rescue victims of Hurricane Helene says he was threatened with arrest if he did not abandon a man he tried to save. The incident took place on Sunday, Sept. 28, pilot Jordan Seidhom told the Queen City News, as he and his son, Landon, were on their second day of rescue efforts. Near Lake Lure, North Carolina, they found a stranded couple. The plan was simple. Seidhom would take Susan Coffey first, then return for her husband, Mike, and finally return for his son, because the chopper only had room for one person plus the pilot.

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