As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida, communities that were hit hardest by Hurricane

Helene are still struggling to recover over a week later, Western North Carolina in particular.

Former NASCAR driver, Greg Biffel,

is among those making a difference,

using his personal helicopter

to deliver supplies like food and water

to people stranded, especially in hard to reach mountainous areas. food and

people stranded especially in hard to reach mountainous areas.

For me it's people helping people.

Our motto in this country is you know we don't leave an American behind and I had the opportunity in front of me to help more people and bring awareness and it kind of snowballed.

NASCAR legend Greg Biffel, who also has 20 years experience as a helicopter pilot, says he first

felt called into action when he got word of a family stuck in a vacation rental with supplies dwindling and no way out.

I was at my shop Saturday morning doing a few things and a friend of mine sent me a text,

hey do you want to go fly today

and a link to a Facebook message

with a family that was stuck up in Banner Elk

in an Airbnb.

And before that moment, I had no idea. I knew some people were without power. The storm came through. We had a little bit of damage here. Some tree branches down and whatnot. But I absolutely had no idea and I don't think the rest of the world did on how devastating this storm was.

And that was just the beginning of his helicopter relief missions, the first of more than 30 he estimates so far.

He says he's one of more than 70 private helicopter pilots flying critical supplies into areas

unreachable by larger aircraft.

Biffel has shared most of his missions on social media,

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