Sorry to hear of the damage. If in your opinion it is worth fixing go for it. I would remove all the tin from the damaged trusses and any other tin that is damaged. If the trusses are broken on both sides of the ridge, I would probably replace them. If not there is no real problem fixing them. Make sure that you use splice boards on both sides of broken chords if you do not replace them. Otherwise you could be introducing twisting loads on the truss. Make sure the top chord is straight and inline with the existing ones. Make sure the bottom chord is also inline. Make sure you brace the trusses from one to another at least as good as the other trusses are. Using plywood to hold the trusses together is the way they did it in the old days. When I built trusses for my house addition, I also glued the plywood to the 2 x 4's. A string line should be used. Consider renting a scissors lift manlift to get yourself up to a comfortable working level. As for getting help, you might ask around to see if someone in the neighborhood does some moonlighting at this kind of job. It should not take a lot of experience to put back together as you have the rest of the building to look at, to compare to.
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