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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Determined dad walks 30 miles after Helene to walk daughter down aisle

an overhead shot of a road damaged by hurricane with debris scattered about
An aerial view of flood damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Erwin, Tennessee, on Saturday. Photograph: George Walker IV/AP

A US man has made his case for all pending father of the year contests after reportedly walking 30 miles (48km) through flooding and debris inflicted by Hurricane Helene to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding in Tennessee.

David Jones’s determined trek took him through some of the areas most devastated by Helene after the powerful category 4 hurricane made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region and crossed much of the south-eastern US.

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