Organizations nationwide continue to aid Western North Carolina after Helene's aftermath. Individual groups andnonprofits have spent the past week giving out items and helping with search and rescue in Swannanoa.

Dozens have died here in Swannanoa, but dozens have been rescued, and the search and rescue won't stop anytime soon.

Samaritan's Purse has been purifying water from the Swannanoa River to give people for free.

Wilderness EMT Erin Nachimson is working with a nonprofit under the French Broad River Academy.

"It just stabs you in the gut over and over again to see your people to be hurt like this," said Nachimson.

They are working around the clock, getting people who needed medicine and supplies, especially in the hard-to-reach areas in the mountains.

"We're going out to these places, we're hiking in. We're ruining our cars getting to these people in need just to make sure that they have the peace of mind that we know you're here. We're here for you, as well."

Cajun Navy Minister Mitch Collier said his team is also out trying to help people.

"Somebody sends us an address, we do our best to get there," said Collier. "If we can't get there, we'll find somebody else to get there."

They brought mules, a helicopter, a distribution center, and more equipment to help with the search and recovery.

"We got up here with our boats. This water was way too strong, way too strong for us," said Collier. "We're swift water trained, but this was helicopter rescue, a lot of it."

Collier and Nachimson said there are lots of people waiting for assistance in hard-to-reach areas because their roads were washed away.

"River Road has already pretty much been wiped out, but from what I've seen, the people that live here that happen to have excavators and bulldozers they're rebuilding their own roads," said Nachimson.

Collier said he plans to stay for at least a month to help with search-and-rescue and recovery, maybe even beyond that.

"I was supposed to go home yesterday," Collier said. "I run out of heart medicine. I called my wife and told her we weren't coming home."

"So, they pulled some strings, and God made a miracle, and the lady right down the road refilled my prescription," he said.

News 13 crews saw vehicles flipped on their sides, trailer trucks in homes, collapsed buildings, and even a child's shoe. But Collier said they will continue to remind the people impacted that they will not be forgotten.

The people in Swannanoa said they will remainWestern Carolina Strong. But they remind people to keep those donations coming because they need it now more than ever.