After 11 days on the bottom in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, 65 members of Virginia Job Power One City Search and Rescue workforce have returned residence to northern Virginia.
After 11 days on the bottom in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, 65 members of Virginia Job Power One City Search and Rescue workforce have returned residence to Northern Virginia.
After touchdown at Dulles Worldwide Airport Wednesday night time the workforce boarded two buses for the transient trip to their close by headquarters, the place household and mates welcomed them residence with colourful do-it-yourself indicators, cheers, hugs and kisses.
Members of the family of Virginia job pressure one city search and rescue have turned out to welcome the Fairfax county workforce residence from its 11 day deployment to earthquake-damaged Haiti @wtop pic.twitter.com/fWwk7HO5YV
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The workforce comprised of members of the Fairfax County Fireplace and Rescue Division deployed to Haiti as a part of the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth’s catastrophe response to the Aug. 14 quake.
“It’s at all times nice coming residence after a mission, seeing the households right here, smiling and all people right here on the workforce may be very excited to see all people, very joyful to be residence,” mentioned Capt. Rob Clement of Fairfax County Fireplace and Rescue, a squad chief of Virginia Job Power One.
Watch the video to see the workforce arriving to a cheering crowd:
The workforce members embody medics, medical doctors, structural engineers and 4 Ok-9s and their handlers. In addition to aiding with search and rescue, the workforce helped ship humanitarian help together with medical provides to broken Haitian hospitals.
“It was wonderful due to the resilience of the Haitian individuals. They’ve been by way of quite a bit through the years and positively over the previous few months,” mentioned Deputy Fireplace Chief Tracey Reed, the very best rating lady within the Fairfax County Fireplace and Rescue Division.
“I hope they (Haitian individuals) proceed to get the reduction they want. I hope there continues to be coordination with U.S. AID and our UN companions and that they’re not forgotten,” she mentioned.