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Navy veteran clung to tree for seven hours before being swept away by Helene flooding, says devastated niece

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Bruce Tipton , 75 , was swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene after crying for help and clinging to a tree for seven hours .

Neighbors and family members heard his cries and tried to reach him after his trailer home succumbed to the waters from the French Broad River in Marshall , N.C. "Everybody knew him in the community. He'd give you the shirt off his back. He would do anything for anybody that he could," said his niece.