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Amanda of Irish Angel Needs Our Help After Being Horribly Impacted by Hurricane Helene

Law Enforcement

Catastrophic Loss

North Carolina

Created October 7th, 2024

Hi everyone, this is Kristen from Blue_Wives_Matter. One of our own was horribly impacted by Hurricane Helene a few Fridays ago. Amanda is the Executive Director of the nonprofit "Irish Angel" that we all know and love and her beau James, a Navy Veteran that served as a Fireman to the Navy have been devastated by the Hurricane. They are extremely grateful to have their lives although they have lost everything including their home, all their personal belongings, their business premises, their personal cars and business vehicles.

Amanda and James had just moved to North Carolina this past May. They found the perfect house on a peaceful street filled with mostly senior citizens as their neighbors. Nice and quiet. No one had flood insurance because it doesn't flood in North Carolina, right? Well....

Two Fridays ago the worst happened and Helene hit their peaceful street.
James heard people shout for help on the street and immediately went outside with another neighbor by the name of James.They put on life vests to help the people trapped in their homes. One of the couples are in their 90’s. One of which has cancer and is blind and another with Alzheimer’s disease, they also aided another neighbor that is a paraplegic to safety. They took the people to Amanda in their home as their house was the last one to get hit with water. Amanda took them in, one by one and when all were inside the house the water rose from ground level to upwards of 5 ft high in the space of 20 minutes.

James came up with a plan to climb the 20/30 foot embankment at the back of the house. Amanda said open the door and let her go get help. James tied a rope around Amanda so she could swim safely across to the other side of the embankment and climb to get help. Neighbors from above came to create a human chain to lift people to safety as the current was too strong to get first responders to them to assist. They used the cushions from their new sofa to float everyone to the bank with ropes to be lifted to safety. Amanda and James are so thankful that everyone survived and is doing well.

Thanks to the neighbors that aided in the rescue, Amanda and James now have a temporary place to stay as Seán and Ashley were gratuitous enough to allow them stay with their family in their home.

As we all know how she is, Amanda has been busy feeding the neighbors, workers and first responders, James is aiding in the demolition of the neighbors homes to try save what they can while Amanda is caring for her displaced neighbors and trying to get the local K9 and cadaver dogs the equipment they need so they can do their jobs.

Let's help Amanda in her time of need. C'mon everyone let's show Amanda how much she really means to us. Donate now! Thank you.

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Tom Flynn donated $50

Sending prayers🙏🏻 and wishing you and yours peace and strength on your journey to recover and rebuild …💪🏻☘️💚🤘🏻⚡️

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Scott Hodgins donated $25

Thanks for your support of law enforcement and first responders.

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Lauren Mack donated $10

HI AMANDA,I KNOW THIS ISN'T MUCH,IM ALMOST EMBARRASSED BUT I'M REALLY SICK AND DON'T HAVE MUCH.YOU ARE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND IM THANKFUL FOR CALLING YOU A FRIEND THRU SCOTT.IM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.MY PRAYERS CONTINUE.MUCH LOVE ☘️ LAUREN BROOKS MACK

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Cindi Clarke donated $50

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Anonymous donated $50

Thank you for doing good in the World. I don't have much to give, but I want you to know how much I appreciate good people in this world, and how little I see people follow the path of Jesus anymore, and how many have forsaken the path of Jesus. Prayers and God be with you, blessed to be alive and blessed to be living with good people in the world. Please be safe and continue to spread good to the world.

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