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An elderly couple of Virginia, who almost died during the Hurricane Helen, resumed their home with a group of volunteers and non -profit organizations, which made it one of the many houses that should be restored for the storm affected.
The new Carl and Linda Mac-Murea’s house, which was built by the crash (MDS) service, was celebrated on Friday by local leaders during the ribbons ceremony, including Governor Glena Youngkin and Morgan Griffith representative, R-Va.
It is expected that the general project for the resumption of the victims will cost about $ 1.4 million. Funding comes from the combination of public and private sources, including Washington county, Damascus, a united way, individual donors and private foundations.
Governor Glenn Youngkin joined the couple at the cutting ceremony for his new home after he was destroyed in Hurricane Helen. (Management Governor Glena Youngkin)
Last October, when the floods thwarted the Mc Mack -Muuree, the couple was forced to hide on the second floor and wear rescue vests. The house began to collapse, and Carl was interpreted down the rain water before he eventually clung to the tree for hours until he was noticed by a neighbor and rescued by helicopter almost four hours.
Meanwhile, Linda remained trapped alone on the darkened second floor of what was left of their home, using only the clock from the clock to see the Afghan blankets to keep warm.
“I prayed all night, repeating the prayer of the Lord and the 23rd Psalm,” she said, Local news.
After 16 hours she was rescued. The couple, married for 57 years, believed that the second was lost from the flood until they were reunited.
“There are still so many families that should have the same sense of opportunities and options and restructuring that Linda and Carl today,” Youngkin said during his speech.
“There were heroes everywhere, and it was a moment when we needed heroes,” Youngkin said. “The amount of water rescue was strange, and it is necessary to say amen.”
“Nobody knew if the other survived but when Linda finally entered Carl hospitalThey were responsible for their prayers, ”Youngkin said.
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MDS offered free work and thousands of volunteer hours to build a new McMurrays House. His AMISH colleague, Storm AID, sent qualified workers weekly to assist on the spot. Volunteers often rotate for a week at a time, deciding several homes and offering experience in everything, from roof to framing.
Each home costs about $ 130,000, the Youngkin office said. Houses owners are asked to make approximately 10% – from 11,000 to $ 12,000 – from them Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) Help by disaster. The rest is covered with trails to recovery, a non -profit organization that organizes restructuring. They pay for materials, coordinate trades such as plumbing and electric, and work directly with MDS to keep the construction construction.
The MDS project manager remains in place for weeks to keep moving.
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Governor Glenn Youngkin joins Hurricane Helen, who survived the cutting ceremony of their new home. (Management Governor Glena Youngkin)
Hurricane HelenThe thunderstorm of category 4, which impressed the Gulf coast at the end of September 2024, caused a wide devastation in the southwest of Virginia, especially in the counties of Grayson, Smith, Pavel, Washington, Wise and White, as well as in the city of Galax.
The storm led to the closure of hundreds of roads and bridges, leaving many people in their cities. Almost 310,000 Virgina reportedly lost electricity, and 3,700 farms were injured, leading to a loss of more than $ 630.
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After the devastation, Youngkin created the Henlena recovery and recovery management management to coordinate the state restoration efforts and federal recovery. Rob Ward’s headquarters are headed by Rob Ward Transformation Office.
In November, Virginia did not receive $ 4.4 billion federal financing requested by Youngkin for recovery after the disaster. In January Vice -President JD Vance went to DamascusThe city on the southwestern country, which was one of the most violent areas and criticized the reaction of the previous administration to destruction.
“The local government government, the state government works so much, local communities and non-profit organizations and churches work at Breakneck speed, and yet you have a federal government there, the biggest institution with the most money, it doesn’t do its job. It just drives home,” said Vens a number-numeric Digital when asked about the FEMA. Southeast.
This report has contributed to Audrey Conklin Fox News Digital.
