ATLANTIC CITY CREW RECOUNTS 2ND DAY OF RESCUES

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – As is always the case in the Coast Guard, flexibility is the word of the week for rescue crews in Mobile, Ala.

While the four-man crew left together to do their part in the efforts in New Orleans, they are now operating with and whenever necessary.

Cmdr. Dan Taylor wrote this morning, “Last night I flew with a mechanic (mech) from Aviation Training Center (ATC) Mobile. Our mech flew with an ATC Mobile crew. He is bunking with our swimmer who returned about 6 a.m. this morning. The mech saved 10 and delivered lots of water and MRE’s throughout the area.”

“The enormity of the disaster is beyond words. The Coast Guard response is equally amazing. The Atlantic City crew and aircraft is just one small piece of an extraordinary relief operation. When we were refueling once at Coast Guard Airstation New Orleans, we stopped and counted 21 Coast Guard, Department of Defense and EMS helicopters on the ramp being turned around to go back in to save more.”

During Taylor’s afternoon rescue flight, he and his crew picked up a nine-month-pregnant woman from the Superdome who went into labor in the helicopter. Once they landed at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, the woman safely delivered her baby after being carried from the helicopter via stretcher. They also hoisted another pregnant woman from an apartment building and four people with their two pit bulls.

In all, Taylor’s crew saved 24 people and delivered 500 pounds of water and MRE’s during yesterday’s rescue operations.

ATLANTIC CITY CREW RECOUNTS 2ND DAY OF RESCUES

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – As is always the case in the Coast Guard, flexibility is the word of the week for rescue crews in Mobile, Ala.

While the four-man crew left together to do their part in the efforts in New Orleans, they are now operating with and whenever necessary.

Cmdr. Dan Taylor wrote this morning, “Last night I flew with a mechanic (mech) from Aviation Training Center (ATC) Mobile. Our mech flew with an ATC Mobile crew. He is bunking with our swimmer who returned about 6 a.m. this morning. The mech saved 10 and delivered lots of water and MRE’s throughout the area.”

“The enormity of the disaster is beyond words. The Coast Guard response is equally amazing. The Atlantic City crew and aircraft is just one small piece of an extraordinary relief operation. When we were refueling once at Coast Guard Airstation New Orleans, we stopped and counted 21 Coast Guard, Department of Defense and EMS helicopters on the ramp being turned around to go back in to save more.”

During Taylor’s afternoon rescue flight, he and his crew picked up a nine-month-pregnant woman from the Superdome who went into labor in the helicopter. Once they landed at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, the woman safely delivered her baby after being carried from the helicopter via stretcher. They also hoisted another pregnant woman from an apartment building and four people with their two pit bulls.

In all, Taylor’s crew saved 24 people and delivered 500 pounds of water and MRE’s during yesterday’s rescue operations.