Family that lost 11 in Hurricane Helene mudslides says community sacrificed ‘life and limb’ to save each other

FAIRVIEW, N.C. – Members of a longstanding family in Fairview, North Carolina, are working to rebuild their lives after 13 people in their community, 11 of whom were related, died on a single morning when Hurricane Helene swept over the Appalachian Mountains.

Two weeks after three mudslides decimated homes in the small valley – dubbed “Craigtown” due to residents’ ties to the Craig family that has lived in the area for 80 years – Jesse Craig and his wife, Mekenzie Craig, are picking up the pieces of Helene’s devastation.

“It’s literally like our world has been turned upside down,” Mekenzie Craig told Fox News Digital on Sunday.

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