Neighbors fighting to rescue neighbors. People stuck on trees, rooftops for hours. Lives lost. The remnants of Helene in the ...
Editor’s note: Citizen Times reporter Ryley Ober kayaked about 20 miles of the Swannanoa River from Black Mountain to the French Broad River in early November to document the aftermath of Helene.
He's blogging about his adventure, nearly a decade after a car accident left him with 14 broken bones and nearly paralyzed.