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A tree that was uprooted during Hurricane Helene has now been turned into an interactive structure for one dad's young daughters

Butler Taylor, a father of two, said the tree has been there since his grandfather's time

It took 25 trips to the hardware store to repurpose the fallen tree after the storm

A year after Hurricane Helene , Butler Taylor says repairs haven’t stopped in his town of Arden, N.C.

The difficult recovery was part of the reason the father of two repurposed an oak tree that had fallen during the storm. Now, it’s an interactive structure for his young daughters — one that required 25 trips to the hardware store to build.

“Even though bad things happen, you can't just stop,” says Taylor, 43, of the lesson he wants to teach his daughters, Della, 9, and C

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