‘Need a ride?’ After Hurricanes Helene and Milton hit this island, he came to help.
SIESTA KEY, Florida ‒ Standing in calf-deep water that threatened to swamp her pink rainboots, Kathleen Killeen stuck out her thumb as the heavy ex-military truck rumbled down the road. Driver Nicholas Weppner, 24, downshifted and brought the 5-ton truck ‒ his father affectionately calls “Big Boy” ‒ to a juddering halt. “Need a ride?”…