NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- Hurricane Helene took the lives of more than 100 people in North Carolina . One of those deaths was a firefighter with the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department, Battalion Chief Tony Garrison.

He lost his life while trying to save others during Helene. His wife, Mary Garrison, says that the tragic day is still fresh in her mind a year later.

"The fear that I felt that day is still there, it's still there. I hope in time it goes away, it's almost crimpling," Garrison said.

Garrison shared with ABC11's Diane Wilson that while the loss of her husband is unimaginable, she takes some comfort in knowing her husband died saving others. " I had no clue that would be the last time that I saw him because it didn't occur to me. It's like I've been his wife for 28 years,

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