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Eric Robinson and Matt McSwain of Operation Helo have been assisting victims of Hurricane Helene while the American government sends money to Lebanon and Ukraine. The Operation Helo crew has about 100 volunteer pilots flying close to 400 relief missions a day.

And where’s FEMA? Many people who have tried to apply for that 750 bucks – have been denied.

Matt McSwain says the group has more than 90 helicopters registered to help out Operation Helo, which formed a week ago after the hurricane devastated parts of the state, leaving entire communities destroyed and roads to hard-hit areas cut off.

Operation Helo’s goal is to quickly deliver essential supplies including diapers, food, water and insulin. The pilots also perform helicopter medical evacuations and search and rescue operations, according to the organization’s Facebook page and website.

In a Facebook post from four days ago, the group says it had rescued more than 400 people from storm-hit areas.

“We’re doing the best we can to keep these people alive,” McSwain says.

“Our mission is simple: when disaster strikes, we fly,” their website says.

From ABC11:

Based at an airport in Hickory, North Carolina, the group formed with the help of social media and word of mouth among the pilot community, McSwain told CNN’s Omar Jimenez on Sunday.

The public seems to have responded, too. The website and social media campaigns have yielded more than a half-million dollars in donations to pay for helicopter fuel, a Facebook post says.

At least 117 people have died from Helene in North Carolina, according to a CNN tally.

The number of people missing in the state is unclear, Deanne Criswell, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), told CNN.

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