Running Towards Disaster

Running Towards Disaster

In late September of 2024, a hurricane landed in the Appalachian mountains. The devastation was extraordinary, as were the people that headed into the storm to help. This is a series lifting up first-person perspectives of those who lived through, served and saved their communities in the aftermath of Helene, and who were educated in the community college system.

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August 24, 2025 13 mins

In our last episode of "⁠Running Towards Disaster⁠," we head to Asheville and it's community college, Asheville - Buncombe Technical Community College.

We speak with their president, Dr. John Gossett, who unknowingly inspired the title to this series, and to the school's resident Fire Chief, John Wilson. Wilson is the director of fire services for the college and his students, or cadets as they are called, worked a...

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In this episode of "Running Towards Disaster" you hear from flight paramedic John Carrico who treats patients in the Mountain Area Medical Airlift, better known locally as MAMA. We are thankful for his dedication to critical care, and willingness to fly where its needed.

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August 24, 2025 14 mins

In this episode of "Running Towards Disaster" you will hear from three Emergency Medical Services professionals and educators who answer the call when you dial 911. They are serving their county and saving lives, while teaching others to do it too.

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August 24, 2025 14 mins

In this episode of "Running Towards Disaster" we talk with one graduate of ⁠Southwestern Community College's⁠ Outdoor Leadership program, who along with his friends organized a matrix of missions to get supplies and food to those in need.

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August 22, 2025 14 mins

In this episode of "Running Towards Disaster," we interview three electrical lineworkers who helped during Helene - two by land and one by air. We also visit a training facility to see these 'climbing cowboys' at work. We are thankful for them, the hours they put in and for sharing their stories.

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August 22, 2025 13 mins

In this episode of Running Towards Disaster, we hear from three forestry management students at Haywood Community College who in the immediate aftermath of Helene, with their classmates and friends - used their schooling to help communities in the west.

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August 22, 2025 6 mins

Welcome to "Running Towards Disaster," a new podcast from EdNC. This will be a series of stories from people who are educated at our community college system, and in times of crisis, run towards it to help.


EdNC was established to be an independent source of news – providing data, and analysis about education for the people of North Carolina. In short, we tell the stories happening in our state’s classrooms and involv...

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