John Zara could hear his neighbors' cries over the sound of the rushing water. ByMorgan Norwood and Brian Hartman When Hurricane Helene's raging floodwaters rushed into John Zara's home in the Beacon Village neighborhood of Swannanoa, just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, he quickly hustled his wife, 2-year-old son and 7-year-old son to the attic. Once in the attic, we "quickly realized that was not gonna be a safe place for us," Zara told ABC News.