Man hikes 11 miles up storm-ravaged mountain to find stranded parents
Perkins said he hiked 11 miles to find his parents. “I just wanted to see them and make sure they were okay,” Perkins explained. It all started last Thursday when he spoke on the phone to his elderly parents who live in Spruce Pine, a small town in the mountains.
Parents of man who hiked North Carolina mountain to check on them after Helene are safe in Charlotte
A North Carolina couple that was stranded in the mountains following Hurricane Helene had safely reached the Charlotte area
Son treks 11 miles through Hurricane Helene devastation to check on North Carolina parents
Sam Perkins only had one thing on his mind when he decided to trek through the utter devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina: make sure his parents were safe. Perkins was ...
Man Fearing the Worst Hikes 11 Miles to Parents' Home After Hurricane Helene, and Finds Them Alive: 'So Relieved'
“I'm still processing it all,” Sam Perkins wrote on Facebook Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Sam Perkins of Charlotte, N.C., hadn't heard from his parents, who are in their 70s, for 48 hours in the ...
North Carolina man hikes 11 miles to parents after Hurricane Helene
One man trekked 11 miles to check on his parents after Hurricane Helene ravaged North Carolina, and he didn’t hear from them for two days. Sam Perkins said on “NewsNation Now” that the situation in Ashville is “dire.
Man hikes 11 miles through Hurricane Helene devastation to reach parents
Sam Perkins grew concerned on Saturday morning as he had not heard from his parents after Helene tore through the Florida coast.
Man hikes 11 miles, 2,200 feet high to reach his parents in NC following Helene's destruction
For more than three-and-a-half hours, Sam Perkins said he hiked 11 miles and 2,200 feet high to finally reach his parents' home near Spruce Pine.
Hurricane Helene: Man hikes 11 miles to find parents in NC, ‘How many failing roads and deep mudslides I had to cross'
"While hiking up 226A, I met multiple people trapped by devastation in both directions of the highway,” Sam Perkins shared.
Man hikes 11 miles and 2,200 feet through Hurricane Helene devastation to reach his parents
Sam Perkins grew concerned on Saturday morning as he had not hearing from his parents after Helene tore through western parts of North Carolina - before being forced to trek to their home as his attem
Parents of North Carolina man who hiked 11 miles to reach them are safely home with their son, he says
It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins ...
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Man hikes 11 miles, 2,200 feet high to reach his parents in NC mountains following Helene's destruction
It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning ...
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North Carolina man hikes 11 miles up mountain to get to elderly parents trapped in 'post apocalyptic' Asheville after Hurricane Helene
Sam Perkins would walk to the ends of the Earth for his parents - and over the weekend, he nearly did. On Saturday morning, Perkins, 38, set out on a perilous trek, trudging through 11 ...
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Man hikes 11 miles and 2,200 feet high to reach his parents in North Carolina
It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning ...
'Not talking days': North Carolina faces a long Helene recovery. Live updates
Crews in Western North Carolina made headway Tuesday in an effort to clear roads and provide electricity, water and cell ...