Recovery and rebuilding efforts from the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene on towns like Chimney Rock, North Carolina has largely faded from the headlines and the public’s awareness.
Over the past 6 months, however, a team of 2,000 volunteers from the Great Needs Trust, a Pennsylvania Amish community, have been quietly and steadily rebuilding the town’s homes, businesses and bridges.
#BREAKING: A wild report from a firefighter in Tennessee confirms that an Amish community whose sawmill completely burned to the ground on the night of April 8th…
…had been COMPLETELY REBUILT AND WAS ALREADY FUNCTIONING on April 17th, just 8 days later
Read that again. pic.twitter.com/EeaSQCUK15
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) April 23, 2025
To those who say that President Trump abandoned Western North Carolina…
…I will just leave this video right here for all of you, because CLEARLY not a single one of you lives here
The progress has been absolutely truly jaw-dropping. pic.twitter.com/mJlPpNsHrT
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) April 21, 2025
