To: Luis Gonzalez; GummyIII; OneLoyalAmerican; CedarDave; Coastie; Delta 21; sargunner; hedgetrimmer; ..
Dozens of National Guard and Coast Guard helicopters flew rescue operations that first day--
some just 2 hours after Katrina hit the coast.
Hoistless Army helicopters improvised rescues, carefully hovering on rooftops to pick up survivors. On the ground, "guardsmen had to chop their way through, moving trees and recreating roadways," says Jack Harrison of the National Guard.
By the end of the week, 50,000 National Guard troops in the Gulf Coast region had saved 17,000 people;
4000 Coast Guard personnel saved more than 33,000....
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks for the ping, hero!
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36 posted on
03/11/2006 10:49:39 AM PST by
E.G.C.
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Amazing work. SALUTE to them all.
37 posted on
03/11/2006 10:56:35 AM PST by
amom
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40 posted on
03/11/2006 11:03:10 AM PST by
Luis Gonzalez
(Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Be Ever Vigilant!
42 posted on
03/11/2006 11:08:37 AM PST by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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46 posted on
03/11/2006 11:55:21 AM PST by
Gucho
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
click the pic to watch the video
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005
There was no delay in getting help to New Orleans 49 posted on
03/11/2006 12:04:46 PM PST by
DocRock
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks!! Sending this to a coastal county government.
50 posted on
03/11/2006 12:08:15 PM PST by
freema
(Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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65 posted on
03/12/2006 4:31:33 AM PST by
Pusterfuss
(Proud member: Minnesotans for Global Warming)
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