Iowa tornadoes: Gideon Rescue Company aiding in cleanup efforts [Video]

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa — Whenever a natural disaster hits, Gideon Rescue Company packs up and hits the road to help where it can. Now, the group is in Iowa, helping to clean up after storms ripped through the state Friday night. 

“Actually, we were on our way to Omaha, we were coming down from Michigan and we were going to go through Omaha, but the tornado kept coming this way and by the time we got to Des Moines, it hit Des Moines,” said Dylan McWilliams, a rescue technician with Gideon Rescue Company. 

Members of the nonprofit go across the world to help out following tornadoes, hurricanes and even the war in Ukraine. 

“It’s really amazing to like, when we show up to help somebody, pretty soon their neighbors are out there helping them too and it’s just an endless …