Biltmore Village business's showroom display survives Helene's historic flooding

Helene's catastrophic floods seriously damaged a Biltmore Village business, but at least one item remained intact, albeit a little muddy and out of place.

Gretchen Westbrock said she delivered supplies to her friend who owns Professional Party Rentals (PPR) and saw one of the shop's showroom table displays had floated through the glass of the business's broken window and across the parking lot.

Extraordinarily, the table landed upright with nothing of the setting display out of place.

"It was like the Titanic!" Westbrock said.

Much of Biltmore Village was severely damaged after a day of heavy rain was followed by Helene. The deluge caused the Swannanoa and French Broad rivers to spill over their banks, causing devastating and deadly flooding.