Its heartbreaking; Local skydiving company helping those impacted by Hurricane Helene [Video]

A local skydiving company is helping those impacted by Hurricane Helene.

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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, Start Skydiving is a family business in Middletown that’s owned by two brothers and their father.

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With many roads still blocked or washed away, the owners thought their plane could come in handy.

Co-owner John Hart said they posted to social media last week calling on their community to help those impacted by the hurricane, but never thought it would gain this much attention.

“I think originally the plan was for us to take donations for like, about a week, and then hopefully we’ve gathered enough stuff to send down a plane or two or three. Well, by Thursday, we had enough to send three planes,” Hart said.

Within the first three days, Hart said their business sent nine planes and several trailers full of supplies to Tennessee.

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