Hurricane Matthew flooded Special Forces Association headquarters
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>>> FLOOD WATER FROM HURRICANE
MATTHEW ALL BUT WIPED OUT THE
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION.
IT IS LOCATED ON DOC BENNETT
ROAD NEAR THE FAYETTEVILLE
AIRPORT.
GILBERT BAEZ IS LIVE THERE WITH
MOTHER ON HOW THEY PLAN TO
REBUILD.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, SPECIAL
FORCES SOLDIERS ARE KNOWN AS
THE SILENT PROFESSIONALS.
THEY TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD
APPEAR PERFORM MISSIONS WE'LL
NEVER KNOW ABOUT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SPECIAL
FORCES ASSOCIATION'S
HEADQUARTERS AFTER HURRICANE
MATTHEW CAME ROLLING THROUGH?
IT IS HARD TO KEEP DAY SECRET.
JAMES PARKER AS A RETIRED
SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER.
HE MAKES SURE THE GROUNDS AND
BUILDINGS HERE AT THE SPECIAL
FORCES ASSOCIATION ARE TAKEN
CARE OF.
THIS IS WHAT HE SAW AFTER
HURRICANE MATTHEW CAME ROLLING
THROUGH.
>> YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FLOOR IS
BUCKLED.
THE FLOOR WAS ABOUT THIS HIGH.
YOU SEE THE YOU WHAT ARE LEVEL
JUST UNDER THAT WIND ."
>> Reporter: WATER FROM NEARBY
ROCK FISH CREEK CLIMBED 30 FEET
AND FLOODED JUST ABOUT EVERY
BUILDING.
IT STOPPED AT THE DOORS OF THE
CHAPEL BUT NOT BEFORE
DESTROYING A LOT OF MEMORABILIA
INSIDE THE ONES THAT DID FLOOD.
>> WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET A
LOT OF THE STUFF OUT THAT WAS
AFFECTED BY THAT.
>> Reporter: THIS THINGS HERE
THAT DATE BACK TO THE 1950s.
THIS PICTURES, PLAQUES AND WAR
TOFF USC.
THIS IS EVEN PART OF A STATUE
OF SADDAM HUSSEIN.
HALF THE WALLS IN THIS BUILDING
HAVE BEEN CUT OUT TO GET RID OF
THE MOLD.
>> A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN
RECOVERED.
MAYBE WE CAN RESTORE T.
>> Reporter: THE ORGANIZATION
IS KNOWN FOR HELPING OTHERS
INCLUDING THE CHILDREN OF
SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES WITH
SCHOLARSHIPS AN THEY DO AN
AWFUL LOT OF WORK WITH WOUNDED
WARRIORS.
>> WE NEVER LEAVE A PERSON
BEHIND.
AND IT GOES DOWN TO TAKING CARE
OF YOUR OWN IF WE KNOW OF
SOMEBODY THAT IS DOWN AND NEEDS
HELP, WE WILL FIGURE SOME WAY
OUT TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE 85
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER AROUND THE WORLD.
SOME 10,000 MEMBERS IN THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS.
MANY OF THOSE CHAPTERS ARE
PITCHING IN TO TRY IT HELP FIX
UP THE HEADQUARTERS.
THEY HAVE ALSO SET UP A FLOOD
RECOVERY FUND.
CAN YOU FIND DETAILS ABOUT THAT
ON THE SPECIAL FORCES
ASSOCIATION WEB SITE.
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