Sparta Rescue Squad responds to flooding in Waverly area

From Ray Brown, chief of Sparta-White County Rescue Squad:

“As I sit here and think about the tragedy in Waverly yesterday, I can’t imagine what those families are going through mentally and physically. Sparta-White County Rescue Squad teamed up yesterday with Putnam County Rescue Squad and went to support our Tennessee community in any way we could. On the ride down, we kept getting pictures from folks and seeing on social media of pictures and videos, in Waverly, but none of that could prepare you for what it actually looked like on-scene. I did take some pictures while we traveled to and from the calls we ran, and these pictures don’t capture the slightest fraction of the destruction. Houses were washed from their foundations, cars stacked on top of each other or piled up against bridges. But the worst part of it was knowing many families lost loved ones during these floods. Please keep this community in your prayers. There are lots of families still missing members, and, for the next several days, they will still be in recovery mode and then begin the rebuilding of their community.”