{"id":344451,"date":"2025-10-31T01:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/344451\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T01:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:26:17","slug":"jacksonville-volunteer-pilot-sends-help-to-hurricane-melissa-victims-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/344451\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville volunteer pilot sends help to Hurricane Melissa victims \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Jacksonville pilot is taking to the skies to bring help to Hurricane Melissa victims.<\/p>\n

Jimbo Stockton, along with other volunteers, collected supplies at the Beaches Rescue Recovery Mission in Jacksonville Beach to deliver to the islands in the Southeastern Bahamas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIslands like Ragged Island, Acklin Island, Crooked Island, and Long Island, I believe, got hit,\u201d said Stockton.<\/p>\n

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Karal Oberdier was one of several community members who dropped off donations on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I could do more,\u201d said Oberdier. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s just a drop in the bucket for what they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the supplies like food, water, and even a generator were packed into cars and taken to the airport to be loaded onto planes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanes are so needed right after a hurricane because it takes so long for boats to get in,\u201d said Stockton.<\/p>\n

And this is not the first time Stockton has worked to bring aid to disaster zones.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe started doing relief work a couple decades ago,\u201d said Stockton. \u201cI\u2019ve seen what a Cat 5 will do to some of these out islands.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it\u2019s not just about flying supplies over to those communities but showing up when others can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times when these little out islands get hit, no one pays attention to them,\u201d said Stockton. \u201cSometimes we are the main hurricane relief source to some of these smaller islands. We want to be there in their time of need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stockton said they have two planes that will be loaded with supplies and then take off on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

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