Hurricane Helene destroyed a Tennessee hospital. Officials knew it was at risk.
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Erwin, Tennessee — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter.
"So, I don't want to be dramatic," she wrote on Sept. 27, "but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from the rooftop of Unicoi hospital."
Earlier that day, Hurricane Helene roared into the Southern Appalachian Mountains after moving north through Florida and Georgia. The storm prompted a deadly flash flood that tore through Unicoi County in eastern Tennessee, trapping dozens of people on the rooftop of the county hospital.
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