Hero dad walks through 30 miles of flood debris to make daughter's wedding

A begetter from South Carolina's two-hour thrust to his daughter's wedding turned into a treacherous 30-mile locomotion done flood debris near down by Hurricane Helene.

David Jones traveled for five-and-a-half hours connected ft aft initially driving 7 hours to escort his girl Elizabeth Marquez down the aisle astatine her wedding successful Johnson City, Tennessee.

Despite the obstacles, the marathon-running begetter was determined to marque it to his daughter's wedding. 

When authorities troopers connected Interstate 26 told him astir 2am that the remainder of the mode was unnavigable, Jones enactment connected his moving shoes and made the unthinkable travel implicit seven-to-ten feet piles of debris successful full darkness. 

Jones told WJHL one harrowing acquisition from that nighttime portion clean-up crews were removing debris with a backmost hoe.

'I was up to my knees and I couldn't determination and helium doesn't spot me. 

'His cab was facing the different mode astir of the clip and he's swinging this happening astir and I'm ducking and reasoning this could beryllium it.'

He was yet capable to escaped himself and got backmost onto Interstate 26, continuing to locomotion with a reflective involvement truthful cars wouldn't deed him. 

When Jones completed the 30-mile travel to the wedding, his girl Elizabeth told WJHL that she had nary thought the magnitude her dada had gone to get there. 

'That's truthful emotionally moving that my dada loves maine truthful overmuch that helium would travel and spell done each of that conscionable to get to my wedding.'

Jones walked her down the aisle and presented to the blessed mates his trusty reflective involvement that had got him done the night.

He hoped it would punctual them to stay a affirmative reflection of each other. 

The begetter said helium was nary leader and that immoderate dada would bash what helium did - though Elizabeth was steadfast successful her content that Jones was a leader to her. 

Hurricane Helene highlighted the indominable quality tone that radical person erstwhile it comes to their loved ones similar Sam Perkins, 38, who acceptable retired connected a perilous 11 mile trek to rescue his parents successful the mountains of North Carolina. 

The brace were trapped successful the cut-off municipality of Asheville - Hurricane Helene's crushed zero wherever 30 of the 121 hurricane deaths person occurred.

So dire is the script successful Asheville present that survivors accidental bodies are 'stuck successful trees'.

Perkins, determined to prevention his parents, told DailyMail.com helium didn't deliberation doubly astir making the journey.

'I did this due to the fact that I person parents that person been astonishing to me,' helium told the DailyMail.com