Volunteer firefighter who rushed to help Hurricane Helene victims is threatened with arrest

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-03 16:37:08 | Updated at 2024-10-06 14:28:34 2 days ago

Volunteer firefighter who rushed to help Hurricane Helene victims is threatened with arrest
Daily Mail UK ^ | October 3, 2024 | Joe Hutchison

Posted on 10/03/2024 9:22:03 AM PDT by Morgana

A volunteer firefighter using his own helicopter to help save Hurricane Helene victims was threatened with an arrest while halfway through helping an elderly couple.

Jordan Seidhom, a former cop and volunteer firefighter, has been using his personal chopper to reach those cut off from rescue teams following the devastating storm.

But while halfway through rescuing an elderly couple in Lake Lure, North Carolina, on Sunday, a senior official with the local fire department told him he would arrest him for doing so.

Seidhom brought his two-seater aircraft down in a parking lot after rescuing Susan Coffey from her her home, while leaving his own son Landon with her husband Michael at their isolated property.

The plan had been for Seidhom to return Susan to safety, before then returning for Landon and Michael in three separate trips, before the fire official threatened to have him arrested, he has claimed. Speaking with WJZY, Seidhom said he touched down in the parking lot after spotting a group of first responders.

When he landed, he said he was confronted by a fire chief who scolded Seidhom for not coordinating with the locally organized rescue efforts.

He said: 'In the middle of the whole conversation, I was greeted by the Lake Lure fire chief, or assistant chief, maybe. And he shut down the whole operation.'

Seidhom said that the official told him 'if you have that kind of experience you should be coordinating with us'.

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Dear men in blue,

Don't mess with your brothers in the fire department, it may be your house that is one fire.

1 posted on 10/03/2024 9:22:03 AM PDT by Morgana

To: Morgana

R44 is legit.

2 posted on 10/03/2024 9:26:33 AM PDT by xoxox

To: Morgana

This story has been making the rounds for a few days. Glad to see that a bigger publication has picked up on it.

3 posted on 10/03/2024 9:27:08 AM PDT by Revel

To: Morgana

4 posted on 10/03/2024 9:30:00 AM PDT by spincaster

To: xoxox

5 posted on 10/03/2024 9:30:10 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )

To: Morgana

Government really isn’t in the “problem solving” business.
Government doesn’t like people who solve problems.

Forever Wars and Endless Problems — that’s where government gets the money.

6 posted on 10/03/2024 9:34:59 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)

To: Morgana

People in authoriti have to be 100% assholes all the time.

7 posted on 10/03/2024 9:36:38 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)

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