The impactful story of three people trapped Friday on the roof of Unicoi County Hospital — a story shared by more than 50 others — is prompting change from the hospital’s owners.

Unicoi County Hospital is in Erwin, Tennessee, around 100 miles east of Knoxville and Pigeon Forge. The region saw intense flooding Friday as Tropical Storm Helene, downgraded from a hurricane, barreled through the Southeast, inflicting flooding and power outages across multiple states.

The top official at Ballad Health’s Unicoi County Hospital said moving everyone to the roof on Friday during severe flooding quickly became the only possible course of action. News Channel 11 met with Hospital Administrator Jennifer Harrah at Ballad’s recently established Medical Response Unit,

It will be a week on Friday since powerful floodwaters from Hurricane Helene stranded about 60 people at Unicoi County Hospital.