U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew members embark a Haitian citizen from an impacted area in Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, USAID, U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Haiti continue to have unity of effort and respond to critically injured Haitian citizens by transporting them to a higher level of care in Port au Prince, Haiti.
In the past 24 hours, Coast Guard men and women deployed to Haiti have:
- flown 23 evolutions
- saved more than 12 people
- assisted more than 10 people
- transported 18 urban disaster and relief personnel
- transported 700 pounds of disaster and relief supplies
Since the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Aug. 14, Coast Guard men and women deployed to Haiti have:
- flown 196 evolutions
- saved 206 people
- assisted 131 people
- transported 306 urban disaster and relief personnel
- transported 10,200 pounds of disaster and relief supplies
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