Chimney Rock will be back: North Carolina city rebuilds after devastation from Hurricane Helene [Video]

It’s gone, without a trace. All that remains are the rocks.

The shop was named Coffee on the Rocks, owned by Bruce Godzik and his wife for 15 years. Their home next door is gone too.

“Watched the whole house collapse, and the business went in right after,” Godzik said.

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Godzik had walked to the fire department up the hill as the Broad River exploded through the valley, and then he went to get his wife. Twenty minutes later, the house, the coffee shop, the T-shirt shop, and the brewery were all gone.

“It was just horrific. We saw all our friends’ businesses slowly peel away and go down the river,” Godzik said to Channel 2′s Bryan Mims. “We were hoping the river would stop, but it was relentless.”

His cat Josie, adored by customers, was also gone.

“Just didn’t have time to get her,” he said. “She went …