What should have been a two-hour drive to his daughter’s wedding venue turned into a 13-hour odyssey, hitching rides and trekking on foot through debris fields.
A determined dad from South Carolina wasn’t about to let Hurricane Helene stop him from walking his daughter down the aisle, so he hitched rides and trekked over 20 kilometres on foot through debris and flooded roads to attend her wedding.
David Jones told the incredible story to local broadcaster WJHL and People magazine, recounting how what should have been a two-hour drive to his daughter’s wedding venue turned into a 13-hour odyssey.
Jones started the journey in Boiling Springs, S.C. The destination was a church in Johnson City, Tenn. — about 160 kilometres away — where his daughter Elizabeth Marquez got married on Saturday.
Jones got in his car Friday evening and began the drive. He was diverted multiple times on Interstate 26 due to heavy flooding from Hurricane Helene, but after about seven hours behind the wheel, he made it to the Tennessee border.