BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- “It’s the first time I’ve been able to stop.”

There isn’t any of that typical Sunday slowness on an August afternoon in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

The fellowship hall at Victory Baptist Church is full of pictures and people.

“This is one of my favorite pictures of them,” said Bruce Dockery.

The noisy hall is a big contrast to the spot where weeds and grass are growing in Swannanoa.

“It took trees and all,” pointed Bruce. “Straight down the mountain.”

To most, it looks like nothing was ever there.

“That little trickle of water coming off that rock was over four feet deep and 15 feet wide,” said Bruce.

All Bruce can see is what once stood here- who once lived here.

“It takes a second to realize something’s not right,” said Bruce. “I’ll

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