https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/10/04/a-helicopter-pilots-attempted-rescue-of-a-couple-shows-everything-that-is-wrong-with-elected-officials-n2180130
“…Seidhom had supplies which he dropped off at a designated point, and rescued several people who were stranded or without resources, including two women who were vacationing in the area at an Airbnb. Seidhom dropped them off at the Charlotte-Douglas Airport to get a flight back home. Seidhom and his son slept on recliners in an airport pilot lounge that night. By Sunday, Seidhom’s phone was blowing up with social media posts, phone calls, and text messages, all from people begging for him to help. He and Landon made the decision to go out again and headed toward the mountain gap near Lake Lure. It was Landon who spotted a woman waving below, and they coordinated on how best to address the situation.
Seidhom said his main concern was putting too much weight on the driveway and it crumbling from beneath. He left his son and the woman’s husband to make the three-minute flight to a group of first responders positioned along the river below the mountain.
After he and his son loaded the woman into the chopper, Seidhom told his son to stay put and he’d be right back to get the husband, “I originally left my son, copilot, on the side of the mountain. It was kind of unstable, so I didn’t want to put more weight on the helicopter to lift back off. So, I left my son with the other victim. And I was just going to take one person down at the time,” Seidhom said.
Seidhom landed in a parking lot at Boys Camp Road and Memorial Highway near the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge where he said he spotted a group of first responders gathered.
Seidhom immediately connected to an out-of-state fire department chief who appeared to be in charge. Seidhom explained who he was, his experience, and began coordinating with this chief on how to best rescue the husband and get Landon back. That is, until another official, who Seidhom identified from the Lake Lure town website as assistant fire chief Chris Melton, stepped in and shut everything down. Not only did Melton shut the operation down, but he threatened Seidhom with arrest should he return with the woman’s husband….”
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“…Seidhom had supplies which he dropped off at a designated point, and rescued several people who were stranded or without resources, including two women who were vacationing in the area at an Airbnb. Seidhom dropped them off at the Charlotte-Douglas Airport to get a flight back home. Seidhom and his son slept on recliners in an airport pilot lounge that night. By Sunday, Seidhom’s phone was blowing up with social media posts, phone calls, and text messages, all from people begging for him to help. He and Landon made the decision to go out again and headed toward the mountain gap near Lake Lure. It was Landon who spotted a woman waving below, and they coordinated on how best to address the situation.
Seidhom said his main concern was putting too much weight on the driveway and it crumbling from beneath. He left his son and the woman’s husband to make the three-minute flight to a group of first responders positioned along the river below the mountain.
After he and his son loaded the woman into the chopper, Seidhom told his son to stay put and he’d be right back to get the husband, “I originally left my son, copilot, on the side of the mountain. It was kind of unstable, so I didn’t want to put more weight on the helicopter to lift back off. So, I left my son with the other victim. And I was just going to take one person down at the time,” Seidhom said.
Seidhom landed in a parking lot at Boys Camp Road and Memorial Highway near the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge where he said he spotted a group of first responders gathered.
Seidhom immediately connected to an out-of-state fire department chief who appeared to be in charge. Seidhom explained who he was, his experience, and began coordinating with this chief on how to best rescue the husband and get Landon back. That is, until another official, who Seidhom identified from the Lake Lure town website as assistant fire chief Chris Melton, stepped in and shut everything down. Not only did Melton shut the operation down, but he threatened Seidhom with arrest should he return with the woman’s husband….”
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