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When Helene hit, BRCC EMS instructors joined 'our first responder families'

EMS students transport a patient during a class simulation at Blue Ridge Community College in February 2024. [PHOTO BY RICH KEEN]

By Laura Leatherwood, Blue Ridge Community College, Published: December 6, 2024

On the evening of Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene was barreling toward Western North Carolina. Our Blue Ridge Community College campuses were uncharacteristically dark and, to be frank, no one expected what our entire region was about to encounter.

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