A Tennessee nurse and his dog died trying to save a stranded man during Helene’s floods

Boone McCrary was one of at least 230 people killed by Hurricane Helene’s raging waters and falling trees across six states.

As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that had leveled his home. But the thick debris in the water jammed the boat’s motor, and without power, it slammed into a bridge support and capsized.