TV anchor chokes up on-air as mother shares heartbreaking story of son lost to hurricane Helene

Videos circulating online show a Fox weather anchor breaking down in tears during a live broadcast as a mother shared the heartbreaking final moments of her 7-year-old son, who was swept away by the devastating floods caused by Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina.
The grieving mother, identified as Jessica Turner revealed that in his last moments, her son Micah cried out for Jesus as he sat on the roof of their home with his grandparents.
The family had sought refuge on the rooftop, but the relentless floodwaters proved too powerful, and all three were ultimately carried away by the raging currents.
In the video Turner can be heard stating, “I’m so proud of my son because, in his last moments, he wasn’t screaming for me. He was screaming, ‘Jesus, Jesus, save me. Jesus. I hear you. Jesus. I’m calling upon you.”
“I couldn’t have asked for a better son. And he was so happy up until the very end when he was screaming for Jesus. And in that moment, I think he found joy,” she added.
The video showed the anchor, visibly shaken by the mother’s account, struggling to maintain composure as the emotional weight of the story became overwhelming.
While the mother further continued expressing her belief that her son sought help from a higher power, transcending the physical and human realm. She said that his faith and courage saved them, making him her hero.
“He reached for something past flesh, past human, past anything that even grown adults, I think, would reach for,” Turner told the Fox weather.
“My son called out to the one God Almighty. And I think at that moment he was rescued, and he became my hero, and I think all of them carried me through that moment,” she added.
“We all three believe that that’s when Christ took him,” Turner told The People.
In a separate incident, a South Carolina couple lost their lives when a massive tree fell on their home during Hurricane Helene, one of the deadliest storms in US history.
Marcia, 74, and Jerry Savage, 78, were killed while lying in bed as the storm battered their property in Beech Island. Their grandson, John Savage, had just checked on them moments before the tragedy, according to CBS News.
“We heard one snap and I remember going back there and checking on them,” John, 22, said. “They were both fine, the dog was fine,” shortly after, John and his father heard the sound of a large tree crashing through the roof and onto his grandparents’ bedroom.
“All you could see was ceiling and tree,” John recounted. Overcome with panic, he later learned that his grandparents had been found hugging in bed.
“My grandpa apparently heard the tree snap beforehand and rolled over to try and protect my grandmother,” he said, adding that the family believes it was “God’s plan” to take them together.