(24 Jan 2025)
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Asheville, North Carolina – 24 January 2025
1. Wide of debris pile from Hurricane Helene near roadway and fast food restaurants
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Steven Sabo, Asheville Resident:
"The disaster response is kind of waning here in Asheville and the smaller towns. And we’re glad that the government’s stepping out today to bring a light to our community."
3. Various of restaurant without walls
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathleen Yelverton, Asheville Resident:
"We need housing. We need cleanup. There are roads that are still gone. There are families that have been forgotten. Families that were swept away. Families that haven’t even been found yet. There’s still bodies out there. And we need money and help and everything. There are people living in tents. There are people that have nowhere to go. And. And we feel like America’s forgotten us. That’s how we feel. And it’s heartbreaking. And I’m so glad that he’s coming here, that we’re his first stop to put the spotlight back on us because we need the United States of America."
5. Zoom in on debris pile outside a restaurant
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Westmoreland, Co-owner, Corner Kitchen:
"It’s been traumatic for the community. If you look around where we’re standing now, there are still piles of debris and and mud. And that sort of thing that are three and four feet deep. But I would say that everybody pitched in and we had the sidewalks cleared in about two weeks. And, the inside of the building was, mitigated in about less than a month."
7. Mid of debris piles near cleared sidewalks
8. Various of cleaned out interior of Corner Kitchen, blueprints sitting on table
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Westmoreland, Co-owner, Corner Kitchen:
"I hope he (Trump) will see it for what it is that it’s you know, there are people in need. There are people that, want to get back to, you know, doing their jobs and putting money back into the community and employing, folks from the community, because a lot of businesses in western North Carolina are independent. And so we all work together and really, I hope he sees it for that. And I hope they will continue to do what the previous administration did, which is make sure the money gets to the people that need it."
10. Wide exterior of Corner Kitchen
11. Close of work permits hanging in windows of Corner Kitchen
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Westmoreland, Co-owner, Corner Kitchen:
"FEMA won’t assist us as a commercial business, but they’ve assisted many of our employees and a lot of people that we know. Most of that was was right at the beginning with the small, the small amounts of money. And then people are still working with FEMA now to get larger amounts of money for homes and, and things like that."
13. Rolland points to the cleared out interior of The Village Potter’s Clay Center
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Wells Rolland, Owner of The Village Potter’s Clay Center:
"What happened was so shocking that it was 26 feet of water and that everything we had built was gone."
15. Mid of sign on historic building where art studios were housed
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Wells Rolland, Owner of The Village Potter’s Clay Center:
17. Rolland walks through cleaned out interior of closed art studios
18. Mid of a slab roller inside closed art shop
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Wells Rolland, Owner of The Village Potter’s Clay Center:
20. Close of electrical outlet on the floor of closed art studio
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Wells Rolland, Owner of The Village Potter’s Clay Center:
++ENDS ON A SOUNDBITE++
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