>>> finally tonight, it has been said before, tough times have a way of bringing out the best in us. and these are tough times for the people of henryville, indiana, and lots of other towns hit by friday's storms. thankfully they're getting a lot of help from some very caring people. in the process, everyone is discovering that help can be a two-way street. they seem to appear at every disaster, strangers.
>> i got food and water, jimmy john sandwiches. are you hungry.
>> reporter: lay men who come from around the corner or around the country with food, able hands, and who, like these volunteers who drove to henryville from ohio, ask nothing more than how can i help?
>> i wanted to meet people where they're at, and so we came, brought clothes and food and water and those kind of things.
>> reporter: it can be overwhelming for those on the receiving end, discovering that their lowest moment, neighbors they didn't know they had.
>> in the world we are in now, nobody really cares about nobody no more. but when disasters come, then, this little community pitched in, everybody is helping everybody.
>> reporter: what motivates people to get in their car and drive miles and miles and miles to help strangers?
>> i really think it is a sense of connecting to some other person that is going through something that could happen to you. it is a feeling of wanting to make things right. i can fix this. i can help fix this.
>> reporter: this is a red cross mental health specialist. we sometimes chalk this up to a heartland, a midwest sensibility. is this -- is this universal what we're seeing here?
>> we all care about each other. when they have tsunamis in one place, home volunteer ss went over there. it is a person thing. we care about each other.
>> reporter: extra hands helping to remove debris or clebollecting precious photos is an obvious practical help. but she says the emotional value is big.
>> we need to know that -- i touched you, you know, you felt that, didn't you? that's what we need.
>> and we in turn have been touched by the number of people here who have thanked us for sharing their stories with the rest of the country during these difficult
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