Rescue in Brushy Creek

Flash flooding left residents clinging to trees, desperate for help

  • MNJ Photo/Mariel Williams. A chance 911 call, helpers visiting from Wake County, and quick thinking among neighborhood residents helped the victims of flash flooding in Brushy Creek get out alive. The Hurricane Helene-related flooding destroyed homes and cars in Grindstaff Trailer Park.
    MNJ Photo/Mariel Williams. A chance 911 call, helpers visiting from Wake County, and quick thinking among neighborhood residents helped the victims of flash flooding in Brushy Creek get out alive. The Hurricane Helene-related flooding destroyed homes and cars in Grindstaff Trailer Park.
    Mariel Williams editor@mitchellnews.com When Brushy Creek began to rise, Keydie Pineda, 18, was in a mobile home with her family in Grindstaff Trailer ...

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