A pair of siblings ran into their father's arms when he returned home to surprise them after 10 days away fixing the devastation Hurricane Helene caused in his state. For Liam Barbour, aged four, and his sister Emerlyn, two, the time they were apart from Jeremiah, 44, felt like an eternity, given the lack of contact they could have, due to the nature of Jeremiah's work. After Helene ripped through North Carolina, Jeremiah, a substation construction worker and lineman from Kenly, North Carolina, was called to help restore power to other parts of North Carolina. Jeremiah worked 16-hour days, his wife, Samantha, 35, said, and because cell service was so poor, the family didn't have many opportunities to connect while he was away.
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00:00He hadn't seen his dad for 10 days after the hurricane.
00:06Dad Jeremiah's a lineman who worked to bring power back to North Carolina after Hurricane
00:11Helene.
00:12He worked 16-hour shifts for 10 days straight with little communication with his family
00:18because the service was so bad too.
00:22And the time away was really hard for his kids, especially when he couldn't be there
00:26for t-ball games.
00:28So when the work was finally done, Liam and Emmerlyn couldn't help but run.