Veterans helping veterans after Helene floods [Video]

COCKE CO., Tenn. (WVLT) – It’s been three months since the devastating floods from Hurricane Helene. Recovery is far from over, but many volunteers say they aren’t giving up.

“As they continue to rebuild, we’ll continue to look for their needs and what needs aren’t being met from somewhere else, and we’ll meet those needs,” said Don Smith, president of the Knoxville chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America.

Smith’s group, in collaboration with Veterans in Focus, are helping their own: supporting four East Tennessee veterans who lost their homes in the floods.

“Veterans are a stubborn group of folks, and they rather you give the help to someone else,” Smith said. “I just can’t imagine what it was like for them; the day they woke up and their home was gone.”

The groups delivered a giant box truck filled with essential home items, like washing machines and a special bed …