Update: Couple saved in volunteer chopper rescue reunited, met with “angry” fire department at landing zone

We gave the Lake Lure fire official who threatened a volunteer pilot with arrest nearly four days to respond to our interview request. Instead of responding, the Lake Lure town manager agreed to an interview and doubled-down on the arrest threat, claiming the volunteer rescuer failed to “coordinate” before rescuing people the town couldn’t get …

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