After Helene, a single strike from debris flying through the river could have sunk rescue team's raft. Then who would have ...

Owners and rafters of French Broad Adventures are also the swift-water rescue team at the Walnut Volunteer Fire Department.

(The Hamptons also own French Broad Adventures, which offered whitewater rafting through Section 9, a small portion of the more than 200-mile-long river.) Normally, the rescuers can get their ...

The Hamptons own French Broad Adventures rafting tour company in Madison County, and across the family have more than 145 years of white-water rafting experience between them. That experience was ...