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Montana Man Helps Rebuild Mountainburg

Montana Man Helps Rebuild Mountainburg
WEBVTT RESILIENCE AND RESOLVE IS THE STORY IN MOUNTAINBURG TONIGHT. FOLKS SAY IT’S THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE STA AND ONE MAN IN PARTICULAR WH LIVES MORE THAN 1000 MILES AWAY. THEY CALL HIM JOE MONTANA. MY COANCHOR PAIGE PREUSSE SPOKE TO THE MAN FROM MONTANA WHO’S OUT TO HELP RESTORE THE TOWN AND RENEW ITS SENSE OF HOPE. HE DOESN’T LIVE HERE, HE’S NOT FROM HERE. IN FACT, HE HAS NO TIES TO THE TOWN OF MOUNTAINBURG AT ALL. LIVING MORE THAN 1000 MILES AWAY IN THE STATE OF MONTANA. STILL, EVERYONE HERE KNOWS HIS NAME. >> JOE MONTANA. PAIGE: JOE MONTANA, ALSO KNOWN AS JOE HERNANDEZ. HE SAYS HE’S A RETIRED EMERGENCY RESPONDER AND HE WAS TRAVELING TO TEXAS WHEN THE EF-2 TORNADO HIT MOUNTAINBURG. >> HEARD ABOUT THE TORNADO AND WANTED TO GO HELP OUT. PAIGE: JOE SPENT THE LAST WEEK HELPING THE TOWN TEAR THIN DOWN SO THEY CAN BUILD BACK UP AND START FRESH. HE DOES IT USING A CHAINSAW AND HIS CHARM. NOT ONLY IS HE DOING GOOD WORK, BUT HIS SPIRIT HAS INFUSED ALL OF US WITH THIS FEELING OF HOPE. >> WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP US TAKE SOME OF THE OTHER BRANCHES OUT OF THIS TREE AND HE CAME UP HERE AND LOOK AT IT, GAVE US SOME ADVICE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THE TREE DOWN AND HE SAID NO, THE TREE IS GOOD. IT JUST SOME BRANCHES TAKEN AND HE TOLD US HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. PAIG THERE MAY NOT BE ANY SMALL TOWN SECRETS ABOUT THIS MONTANA MAN BUT HE SURE DOES HAVE A REPUTATION THAT PROCEEDS HIM. >> MAN ON THE WHITE HORSE COME YOU KNOW? >> IF HE DISAPPEARS, WE’LL KNOW HE WAS AN ANGEL. WE HOPE HE STICKS AROUND. CRAIG: I’LL BET THEY DO. PAIGE PRUESSE REPORTING THERE. JOE HAS BEEN STAYING IN A TENT WHILE HE HELPS OUT IN MOUNTAINBURG, BUT THIS WEEKEND WITH THE CHANCE OF
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Montana Man Helps Rebuild Mountainburg
Joe Hernandez of Montana has no connection to Mountainburg, but has spent days helping the town rebuild after an EF-2 tornado hit the town.

Joe Hernandez of Montana has no connection to Mountainburg, but has spent days helping the town rebuild after an EF-2 tornado hit the town.

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