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USAR – HAITI UPDATE #1

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View WUSA-TV slideshow HERE.

WITHIN A FEW HOURS of their arrival, the Virginia Task Force 1 from Fairfax County made their first rescue.  They are working at the five-story collapsed United Nations office building where as many as 150 people may have been inside when the earthquake leveled it.

This 9-minute video report documents the retrieval and at the 3:00 mark it begins interviewing the victim and next Captain Sam Gray of the rescue team (video provided courtesy of WUSA-TV Washington):

The Associated Press also provided this raw video of the Virginia dog teams working the buildings:

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Posted by on January 14, 2010 • Filed under: rescue, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , ,
  • http://firefighterveteran.com/ Shannon H. Pennington

    lets not ever forget the results….that we have learned from okc and n.y. these people have learned and are taking the message and the work forward…..we are greatful….very greatful for all the workers who have come in on this….

    please take time to say prayers for those who serve

    shannon pennington
    North American Fire Fighter Veterans Network
    F.I.R.S.T. S.T.E.P. H.O.P.E.
    care for the care givers
    firefighterveteran.com

  • http://firefighterveteran.com/ Shannon H. Pennington

    lets not ever forget the results….that we have learned from okc and n.y. these people have learned and are taking the message and the work forward…..we are greatful….very greatful for all the workers who have come in on this….

    please take time to say prayers for those who serve

    shannon pennington
    North American Fire Fighter Veterans Network
    F.I.R.S.T. S.T.E.P. H.O.P.E.
    care for the care givers
    firefighterveteran.com

  • http://firefighterveteran.com/ Shannon H. Pennington

    lets not ever forget the results….that we have learned from okc and n.y. these people have learned and are taking the message and the work forward…..we are greatful….very greatful for all the workers who have come in on this….

    please take time to say prayers for those who serve

    shannon pennington
    North American Fire Fighter Veterans Network
    F.I.R.S.T. S.T.E.P. H.O.P.E.
    care for the care givers
    firefighterveteran.com