Multimedia Release: Coast Guard helicopter crew lowers FEMA aid to people in Jayuya, Puerto Rico

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A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew delivers food and water to people in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, Oct. 14, 2017.

The aircrew, operating out of Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, flew several sorties, searching remote mountainous regions to deliver humanitarian aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to people in Hurricane Maria-impacted areas of Puerto Rico.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi

Lt. John Sauve (near left), from Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron in Jacksonville, Fla., and Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Hornbruch (far left), a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, move in to load food and water onto an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter outside Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla Oct. 14, 2017.

The aircrew was refueling, reloading aid and swapping crewmembers in between sorties to deliver aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to people in Hurricane Maria-impacted areas of Puerto Rico.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi

The aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, lower food and water in a rescue basket to people in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, Oct. 14, 2017.

The aircrew flew several sorties, searching remote mountainous regions to deliver humanitarian aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to people in Hurricane Maria-impacted areas of Puerto Rico.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi