North Carolina families still recovering from Hurricane Helene just found out some of their debt has been canceled.

Among the idyllic landscapes of Mount Ulla, North Carolina, there is a sadness wafting through the community where two mules and a horse that carried supplies to victims of Hurricane Helene were hit and killed last weekend.

Legendary former North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams helped eliminate $10 million in debt for thousands of Western Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene last fall. Williams, with the help of Verizon and ForgiveCo,

In the more than four months since Hurricane Helene battered western North Carolina, destroying homes and entire communities, residents have worked hard to rebuild. A North Carolina legend helped make that rebuilding a little easier.