Cajun Navy, a 104-year-old “angel” in the mountains of North Carolina after Hurricane Helen

Volunteers from Cajun Navy 2016, a Louisiana disaster relief group formed after Hurricane Katrina, went on a life-changing mission Oct. 12 when they checked on the well-being of a 104-year-old “angel” who lives in North Carolina mountains after Hurricane Helen.

The woman, Jo Jane, was in good condition and living with her son when volunteers arrived, but she had a leg wound that needed immediate attention to prevent infection, according to the report. Cajun Navy 2016 founder and CEO John Bridgers.

“We always tell people, call 911 first. If they can’t help you or if there’s no answer, post on our page,” Bridgers told Fox News Digital. “We’re doing our best to check every single one of them. That’s what happened to Ms. Jo Jane… Somewhere along the line, her daughter turned to us.”

The Bridgers explained that the day before they received a message from Jo’s daughter Jane requesting a Social Security check, they had cleared some roads in the area where she lived, making it easier to check on the 104-year-old woman than it would have been otherwise. otherwise.

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Cajun Navy 2016 volunteers call Joe Jane their “angel.” (Cajun Navy 2016)

“We cleaned everything. The next day we received a message from Jo Jane, and it was a priority. We left everything. We sent a crew out there,” Bridgers said.

They eventually contacted Joe Jane’s son, Jack, who is in his 70s, and asked to speak to Joe Jane.

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“A few minutes later she came out of her bedroom with her little walker and came into the living room and sat in the little rocking chair she has there and was just amazed that we were just standing there; we went up the mountain to check it out,” Bridgers said.

Cajun Navy 2016 found Joe Jane in good condition at her home on October 12th. (Cajun Navy 2016)

Bridgers added that he will “never forget” the moment Jo Jane asked, “Who are you?” and the Bridgers explained that they were the Cajun Navy and that they were there to check on her. Jo Jane then asked the volunteers who had sent them.

“We are a religious group, so we are the hands and feet of Jesus, so we do all this for Him. So we pretty much told her, ‘Well, Jesus asked us to come up here and check on you here on top of this mountain,'” Bridgers explained. “Look, I’m a tough guy … and it takes a lot for me to really break, but the next statement , which she said was, “Can you ask him a question for me?” And we said, “Yeah, sure.” She said, “Well, I want you to ask why he hasn’t taken me home yet, I’ve been praying and praying for him to take me home and he hasn’t.”

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Then another volunteer spoke, telling Jo Jane, “He still needs you here to handle some other things. We don’t know what it is, but he’s not ready for you right now.”

Cajun Navy 2016 provided medical assistance to Jo Jane who had a leg wound that required immediate treatment. (Cajun Navy 2016)

From that moment on, the 2016 Cajun Navy volunteers and Joe Jane formed an unbreakable bond, Bridgers added.

In video updates posted on the Cajun Navy 2016 Facebook page after the first meet, Jo Jane can be seen talking about the meet and opening letters from her fans around the country.

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In video updates posted on the Cajun Navy 2016 Facebook page after the first meet, Jo Jane can be seen talking about the meet and opening letters from her fans around the country. (Cajun Navy 2016)

“You know, God sent someone from anywhere, Louisiana or wherever here to help me heal this leg. Now you know God is good,” Jo Jane can be heard saying in one video.

“You know, you have to keep going through this whole mess. But we do it. We’re just doing our best.”

— Joe Jane

Elsewhere, she explains her persistence by declaring her belief that Christianity is “an attitude and a motive.”

Bridgers described Hurricane Helen as a “once in a thousand year” event. (Cajun Navy 2016)

“So when you check your motive, which is to help people, and then you change your attitude and you’re all a happy bunch… you’re going to rise up one day. Well, when we go up to the Lord, we’re going to have a good time, it’s going to be a lot of fun.

Bridgers described Hurricane Helen as a “once-in-a-thousand-year” event, affecting people in the mountains who are unprepared for the massive floods and mudslides that have killed at least 227 people in the Southeast, including 99 in the North alone Caroline.

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Cajun Navy 2016 was able to deliver essential supplies to Jo Jane and hundreds of other victims of Hurricane Helen.