President Trump in Asheville, NC: "All of America shares your sorrow and grief over the past fews weeks. This region has seen extraordinary hardship. But in the midst of such terrible tragedy, we have also seen the extraordinary love that binds us as Americans."
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"What happened to this neighborhood and the communities all across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, was an act of absolute devastation. Helene's vicious floodwaters tore wives from the arms of their husbands, mudslides, buried the entire families, and buried entire families. Just died alongside their grandchildren. Homes, towns, farms, roads, bridges, schools throughout the region. They now lie in ruin, so beautiful, so beautiful an area, so beautiful it was. But it'll be more beautiful. But you can never forget the death, the death. All of America shares your sorrow and your grief over the past few weeks. This region has seen an extraordinary hardship, but in the midst of such terrible tragedy, we have also seen the extraordinary love that binds us together as Americans. And it does indeed. I want to thank our great first responders. They've never let us down. They never -- this was a tough one, but they never let us down. And the emergency personnel who leapt into action with such great heroism, including the incredible firefighter and his nephew who lost their lives trying to save their neighbors. A lot of heroes really developed with this. They'll be talked about for a long time to come. They will not be forgotten. Thanks also to the many wonderful charities and service organizations that have become so familiar to so many. The burden of the response has been incredible.
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