In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s visit to this corner of Appalachian North Carolina, Monica Glowinski said her biggest prayer for the people of this county devastated by the wrath of Hurricane Helene was that she hoped Trump would not let their plight be forgotten.
“I am optimistic that President Trump is focusing his energies here,” she said, adding that she hopes it is not a false promise. “Because I just don’t think the people could handle that at this point.”
Glowinski, who has been driving six hours each way from her home in Columbia, South Carolina, for four months straight with supplies such as food, water, and diapers to those affected in Swannanoa, said she was called to service just days after the images started to emerge from western North Carolina.
“We had a dear friend who lived in the Asheville area reach out to us to see if she…
