David Jones navigated ‘tangled mess’ of flooding and debris in trek to Tennessee after hurricane ravaged south-east
A US man has made his case for all pending father of the year contests after reportedly walking 30 miles through flooding and debris inflicted byDavid Jones’s determined trek took him through some of the areas most devastated by Helene after the powerful category 4 hurricanetold it, Jones drove his car seven hours from South Carolina and then put in another five and a half hours on foot before arriving at his daughter’s nuptials – a trip that normally would have been about a two-hour drive.
At one point, he became trapped in knee-deep mud and was almost run over by a backhoe being used by a crew to clear the roadway. Yet he managed to free himself in the nick of time, though he had to later work to retrieve a shoe that remained stuck in the mud, as WJHL reported.He walked through the town of Erwin, crossed the nearby Nolichucky river on the Jackson Love highway bridge and was walking on Interstate 26 when a motorist whom he knew through a previous job spotted him.
Nonetheless, by defying those instructions, Jones made it on time to see his daughter Elizabeth marry Daniel Marquez on Sunday, WJHL reported. He told the news outlet that he presented his reflector to the couple as a reminder for them to protect and be a “good reflection” of each other.Elizabeth Marquez said to WJHL: “That’s so emotionally moving that my dad loves me that much, that he’ll come and go through all of that to get to my wedding and be there on time.
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