North Carolina CEO uses personal helicopter to save 11-day-old baby from remote area ravaged by Helene
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Zeb Hadley, a private helicopter owner and CEO of National Coatings, ended up saving an 11-day-old baby who was born prematurely just before Hurricane Helene struck.
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"I actually received a text message from our lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, and he said, 'Hey Zeb, I know you have a helicopter. Can you please stop in Franklin County and talk to the sheriff's department and talk to Kevin White?' The sheriff asked how I could help him run some missions for McDowell County, and after that, we just kind of went on our own little search and rescue because we saw how bad the devastation was," Hadley explained.
Hadley stayed in the area for seven days and flew his helicopter for approximately 60 hours. He added that he typically puts about 100 miles on his helicopter per year for work.