
Florida Republican launches post-Helene rescue mission in North Carolina: 'Defined by We the People'
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Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., took matters into his own hands to help people on the ground who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
This isn't the first time Mills has taken on a rescue mission. In addition to providing relief to Israelis after Oct. 7, he also provided support during Hurricanes Nicole and Ian in his own district and rescued 23 Americans along with 59 mentally and physically disabled children in Haiti. He also conducted one of the first successful overland rescues during the Afghanistan withdrawal, totaling around two to three dozen rescues in that region in 2021 alone. Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"The federal government, with its bureaucracy, moves too slow for the pace in which emergencies and often chaos actually moves," Mills said. "And so, I think that it's good that since Afghanistan and the failed botched withdrawal in 2021 you've seen a larger group of civilians who are coming together, a lot of which are former military or law enforcement, to pick up a slack and help as needed."