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When you have a flood of this magnitude

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and this localized area ,

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infrastructure and roads are out . And

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so we're relying on our aircraft . Our

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rotary wing , I think the last count

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was somewhere in the neighborhood of

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100 and 20 rescue missions that's been

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done . And now we're getting into the

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tonnage of debris that's being cleaned

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up . And , uh , we're , we're here to

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help our neighbors . We're gonna be

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here until they say enough that , that ,

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that , that we've done the job that

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they wanted us to do to be able to come

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here and watch , uh , and watch

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Tennessee airmen helping Tennesseans .

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It's a special thing . Certainly . I ,

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I have a lot of pride in , in what we

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do as a , as an ear guard in the state

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of Tennessee . But at the individual

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level to watch , uh , watch people , uh

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raise their hand and say , yeah , I'll ,

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I'll take , and I'll pause what I do in

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my own life to help out my neighbor ,

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special thing . And it's , it's quite

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frankly , it's what's right about ,

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about Tennessee . This is Tennesseans

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serving Tennesseans . It's what we

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wanna do the most . And , uh , it's the

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most gratifying mission we can have .