NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — This week, Hurricane Melissa leveled entire communities in the Northern Caribbean, including Jamaica.

The devastation motivated one Jamaican, who now lives in Nashville, to help where he can.

On the corner of Dickerson Pike and Trinity Lane is where you'll find Damion Keating, a proud cook and an even prouder Jamaican.

"We like helping people. We're very friendly," he laughed.

It's his passion to serve others. He often feeds the homeless in this area. But that mission has taken on another meaning after a category five storm hit his home country, killing several and making the island nation unrecognizable.

"He hasn't heard from his family," he said of his coworker. "They're in Blackriver, that's the most devastated area. He hasn't heard from his family, not on

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