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UFC star Tim Kennedy has been busy rolling up his sleeves and rescuing North Carolinians as FEMA was reportedly tragically unprepared.

The Save Our Allies founder excoriated FEMA for being “woefully absent” in the “biblical” aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Kennedy, his organization, private organizations, former military, and individuals have been literal life-savers in the wake of the apocalyptic storm.

“In an appearance on ‘America’s Newsroom’ Monday, Kennedy described the scene on the ground in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina, revealing that he pleaded with FEMA to hand over control of the recovery efforts to the U.S. military after seeing firsthand the alleged lack of preparedness from the state and federal government,” Fox News reported.

“What was clearly absent was the state and federal response. The men and women that showed up from FEMA, that is still woefully absent, there was no command and control. We were begging and pleading for the state to hand over command to the United States military… I wanted real leaders to understand a warlike scenario, this is what it is like to take control. It was absolutely broken,” Kennedy, a former Green Beret, scathingly stated.

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“The men and women on the ground were doing the best they can. But FEMA has every priority wrong,” he bluntly noted. “They didn’t know what to do or where to do it or how to access these mountains. They were turning people away trying to deliver funds. They’re telling helicopters to land, the president’s coming in and creating a no-fly zone while we’re doing airborne evacuations. None of it made sense… for FEMA to come and start impeding the efforts of organizations like ours trying to get into deliver goods. It is unconscionable.”

FEMA has been blasted from all corners for its slow, deadly response following the hurricane. It also didn’t help that impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed the agency was out of money, to be immediately followed by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Monday asserting they had plenty of funds.

The death toll has jumped past 230, according to ABC News. Over 100 are dead in western North Carolina alone. Many more are still missing.

“Former President Trump, Republican elected officials, Elon Musk, and volunteers have spoken out against the government’s response to the hurricane, as crews continue searching for missing people and bodies across the affected region,” Fox News wrote.

“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson slammed the agency’s relief efforts as an ‘abject failure’ while Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, both of North Carolina, urged the Biden administration to appoint a military leader to lead the recovery effort, sounding the alarm about the inadequate local response to the catastrophic flooding,” the media outlet noted.

Meanwhile, FEMA is busy covering its hindquarters as it is criticized over its response to Helene.

“As of Oct. 3. FEMA has deployed more than 11.5 million Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), over 12.6 million liters of water, more than 400,000 tarps, and 150 generators to areas impacted by Helene,” FEMA’s Director of Public Affairs Jaclyn Rothenberg sputtered in a press release.

“After repeated calls for military intervention, 1,000 active-duty soldiers with the 101st and 82nd airborne divisions were dispatched to North Carolina Sunday to support the ongoing search-and-rescue efforts,” Fox News added.

“Nobody does it better than the men and women in the American military,” Kennedy commented while also giving credit to Save Our Allies, Samaritans Purse, and others for filling the breach when the government failed to do so.

“While nobody could get through roads …we are taking four-wheelers and getting in there…,” Kennedy remarked.

“We’re doing health and welfare checks and we’re flying into deliver stuff…we have made multiple runs into Charlotte to pick up more body bags because the number just keeps rising and rising and rising. But once you get to that door, you don’t know if somebody will answer the door or hug you and just be so grateful, which happened time and time again, or you start smelling what clearly is going to be a recovery operation instead of a rescue operation,” he candidly told Fox News host Dana Perino. “I’ve never been more proud of the response from private citizens.”

“It just breaks your heart,” he stated concerning people turning away supplies so others can have them. “These people are so tough they don’t want to take it from somebody that might need it even though it’s clear that they desperately need it.”

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