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.

It was, and is in the Appalachian way, a haunting." Since 2023, Kerley has worked with French Broad Adventures, a rafting company owned by Mitch and Korey Hampton. Mitch's brother, Mike Hampton ...

(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 ...