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Volunteers from Cajun Navy 2016, a Louisiana disaster relief organization formed after Hurricane Katrina, completed a life-changing mission on October 12 by performing a welfare check on a 104-year-old upstate “angel.” . Carolina Mountains after Hurricane Helen.
John Bridgers, founder and CEO of Cajun Navy 2016, said the woman, Jo Jane, was in good health and living with her son when volunteers arrived, but her legs were broken. He had a wound on his body and needed immediate treatment to avoid infection.
“We always tell people, please call 911 for help. If we can’t help you or you don’t get a response, please message our page,” Bridgers said. told FOX News Digital. “We do our best to check all of those things, and that’s what happened in Jo Jane’s case. …One day, her daughter contacted us and… I did.”
The day before he received a message from Joe Jane’s daughter asking for a welfare check, Bridgers had cleared several roads in the area where she lived, and coincidentally, he was checking on the 104-year-old woman. explained that it was a little easier than usual. It wasn’t.
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Cajun Navy 2016 volunteers call Joe Jane “an angel.” (Cajun Navy 2016)
“We packed up. The next day we got a message from Joe Jane. That was our priority. We dropped everything. We sent our staff there,” Britt said. Jars said.
They eventually contacted Joe Jane’s son, Jack, in his late 70s, and asked to speak to Joe Jane.
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“A few minutes later, she came out of the bedroom with a little walker, came into the living room, sat down in a little rocking chair there, and looked at us just standing there. She was a little surprised. We went up to the room and went to the mountain to check on her,” Bridgers said.
Cajun Navy 2016 found Joe Jane healthy at home on October 12th. (Cajun Navy 2016)
Bridgers added that he “will never forget” the moment when Joe Jane asked, “Who are you guys?” Bridgers explained that they were the Cajun Navy and had come to check on her. Joe Jane then asked the volunteer who sent them.
“We’re a faith-based group, so we’re the hands and feet of Jesus, and we’re doing all of this for Jesus. So we pretty much said to her, ‘Well, Jesus told us to be here. I was told to come and check it out.’ I’m worried about you guys at the top of this mountain,” Bridgers explained. “You know, I’m a tough guy…it took me quite a while to really break down. But the next thing she said was, ‘Can you ask him a question?’ ” And we said, “Yeah, definitely.” She said, “I want you to ask me why he won’t take me home. I’ve been praying for him to take me home and he hasn’t.” I did.”
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At that moment, another volunteer spoke up and said to Joe Jane: “He wants you still here to take care of other things. We don’t know what it is, but he’s not ready for you right now.” yeah.”
Cajun Navy 2016 provided medical aid to Joe Jane, who sustained a wound to her leg that required immediate medical attention. (Cajun Navy 2016)
From that moment on, an unbreakable bond was forged between the 2016 Cajun Navy Volunteers and Joe Jane, Bridgers added.
Video updates posted on the Cajun Navy 2016 Facebook page since the first meeting show Joe Jane talking about the encounter and opening letters from fans across the country.
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Video updates posted on the Cajun Navy 2016 Facebook page since the first meeting show Joe Jane talking about the encounter and opening letters from fans across the country. (Cajun Navy 2016)
“You know, God sent someone all the way here to help me heal this leg, whether it be in Louisiana or wherever, to help me heal this leg. You know God is good,” Joe Jane is heard saying in one video.
“You know, we’ve got to keep going through this mess. But we will. We’re just going to do the best we can.”
— Joe Jane
In another article, she describes her resilience and states her belief that Christianity is an “attitude and motivation.”
Bridgers described Hurricane Helen as a “once in a millennium” event. (Cajun Navy 2016)
“So, if you check your motives for helping people and correct your attitude, you will all be a happy group… In time, you will rise. Well, when we get there , Lord, it’s going to be a very fun party,” she said.
Bridgers described Hurricane Helen as a “once-in-a-millennium” event that affected people in mountainous regions unprepared for massive flooding and landslides, killed at least 227 people across the Southeast, and killed at least 227 people in North Carolina. He said 99 people had died in the state alone. .
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In 2016, the Cajun Navy was able to deliver essential supplies to Joe Jane and hundreds of other Hurricane Helen survivors.
