ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WITN) - While many are breathing a sigh of relief that Hurricane Erin wasn’t worse than it was, one man in the east is reflecting on Hurricane Helene, and the tornado it spawned in Rocky Mount last year, leaving him severely injured.

James Massenburg of Spring Hope is one survivor of the EF-3 tornado that touched down in Rocky Mount on Sept 27 of last year, leaving 15 injured, 4 in serious condition.

“We went into work that day,” Massenburg said. “At about 1:30, and we just noticed that the weather started to change and it was just too late, we didn’t get out of the building in time...We didn’t expect to live, I didn’t expect to be here today.”

Almost a year later, at the site where the building used to stand, Massenburg says it’s a day he will never forget.

“In th

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