It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins ...

Sam Perkins spent Saturday trudging through dangerous terrain to check on his parents, whose home was hit hard by Hurricane ...

It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins ...

I tried every road route I could, but the roads, no matter where you go, are blocked by landslides or failures,” Sam Perkins ...

Perkins said he hiked 11 miles to find his parents. “I just wanted to see them and make sure they were okay,” Perkins ...

In a Facebook post shared on Sunday, Sept. 29, Sam Perkins, of Charlotte, wrote about not having heard from his parents in 48 ...

Sam Perkins, the man who hiked 11 miles to find his parents last Saturday after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina, says his mom and dad are now at home with him in Charlotte.

It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents.Video above: Sam Perkins describes ...

Sam Perkins would walk to the ends of the Earth for his parents - and over the weekend, he nearly did. On Saturday morning, Perkins, 38, set out on a perilous trek, trudging through 11 ...