PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/25/2021 10:03 AM EDT

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Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter crew chief assists a partner rescue agency crew with the delivery of food and medical supplies in Haiti, Aug. 23, 2021. The Coast Guard and partner agencies conducted humanitarian efforts in impacted areas of Haiti following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, Aug. 14, 2021. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Estrada)U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter rescue crews and U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter rescue crew conduct post flight operations following a medical evacuations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021. The Coast Guard conducted humanitarian efforts in impacted areas of Haiti following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, Aug. 14, 2021. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Estrada)Petty Officer Tim Streyle, an Aviation Maintenance Technician from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, assists in a medevac in Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021. Coast Guard helicopters and aircrews are evacuating those requiring higher levels of care from small villages to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves/Released)A medevac patient and his mother ride on an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021. The Coast Guard is tasked with with supporting emergent life saving missions during the initial phase of response following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves/Released.)

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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, Tuesday, by transporting them to a higher level of care in Port au Prince, Haiti.

“The Coast Guard immediately responded to the government of Haiti’s request for assistance following the tragic 7.2 magnitude earthquake just over a week ago,” said Coast Guard Seventh District Commander, Rear Adm. Brendan C. McPherson. “Since then, the U.S. Coast Guard saved or assisted more than 350 lives and transported more than 350 medical personnel and first responders to the areas most damaged. As the USAID-led, DOD-supported mission transitions to an extended humanitarian assistance and disaster response operation, we will begin to transition our people and aircraft to best support Joint Task Force - Haiti while meeting our other mission demands in the region. We will continue to provide agile and versatile search and rescue capability if needed. Alongside U.S. Embassy Haiti, we remain a proud partner in our whole of government approach to help the people of Haiti."

In the past 24 hours, Coast Guard men and women deployed to Haiti have:

  • flown 14 evolutions
  • saved 3 people
  • assisted 3 people
  • transported 4 urban disaster and relief personnel
  • transported 1,800 pounds of disaster and relief supplies

Since Aug. 15, Coast Guard men and women deployed to Haiti have:

  • flown 227 evolutions
  • saved 219 people
  • assisted 145 people
  • transported 362 urban disaster and relief personnel
  • transported 13,400 pounds of disaster and relief supplies

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