In Direct Reference to 'Ham Rambler's Rescue Mission to Haiti', published on Molaskeys-Pub.com on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Here are the Facebook® entries from Ham Rambler:
Jan 13, 2010 - 4:12am
Called during my days off in Dublin to fly a specialist Search and Rescue team from London to Haiti to assist with the earthquake victims.these guys (and their dogs) are amazing!
24 people 'like' this - 11 comments
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January 13, 2010 - 9:23pm
Halifax, Nova Scotia . Stopped for fuel enroute to help the Haitians, joined the two search dogs and their handlers for some "fresh " air. Fells like the arctic wind has peeled my face off!! Handed the aircraft I've to my colleagues while I try to get some sleep. Zzzzzz
5 people 'like' - 3 comments
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January 14, 2010 - 2:34a
3:30am in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. We park up in the cargo apron to unload the supplies and Search & Rescue team. The dogs, as always, are excited about their new surroundings. The calm atmosphere here belies the horrors just across the border. We say goodbye to the team and wish the well. Feel a small ...sense of achievment and a large sense of exhaustion.
13 people 'like' this - 15 comments
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January 14, 2010 - 2:08pm
Some overdue sleep and some food has me feeling better. Looking at the news footage on TV is sobering. Heading back across the Atlantic this evening with the possibility that we have another French team to bring over.
4 comments
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January 14, 2010 - 3:42pm
sitting in my hotel in Santo Domingo, it is hard to believe the devastation and hardship and horror that is going on so near. Still waiting for confirmation of the next S & R crew we are going to transport. Off to Halifax, Nova Scotia again tonight.
2 people 'like' this - 7 comments
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January 14, 2010 - 3:46p
some photos of the transport of the UK search and rescue team going to haiti
2 people 'like' this - 7 comments
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January 14, 2010 - 10:08p
The situation here is very dynamic. The French operation cancelled but a Spanish operation immediately grabbed the spot. Tomorrows plan involves taking some of our British team who have stuck in Santo Domingo and drop them into Port au Prince Haiti, then fly to Halifax to wait for the Spanish group and try to get them into Pott Au Prince as well.
11 people 'like' this - 11 comments
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January 15 9:27am
Ss normal (??), it all changes this morning. The British team got over to Port au Prince overnight. We have now been tasked with transporting over a Spanish team that arrived here in Santo Domingo earlier and moving them across to Haiti, and returning with a load of embassy staff who need to be evacuated. 25 minute fl...ight....but could take longer in the circumstances.
7 people 'like' this - 6 comments
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January 15, 2010 - 5:56pm
Our aircraft has landed safely in Port Au Prince with British officials and a Spanish S & R team. The Cellphone network is obviously working as I had a text message from my colleague saying they had landed. Apparently it was also shown on BBC news! They will turn around and return with some evacuees later this evening,... assuming there is room at the airport here in Santo Domingo for them.
14 people 'like' this - 4 comments
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January 16, 2010 - 5:41p
Yesterday we were chartered to fly across to Port au Prince with a Spanish S & R Team , returning with some Spanish evacuees. It was our first trip into the earthquake zone. Ivan and Dmitri flew the trip. Some photos below capture the flight. The harsh reality of it all was brought home to the crew by a female teenage ...passenger in the front row of the aircraft on the flight back to Santo Domingo. This teenage girl was rescued from the rubble of her house. She had lost every other member of her family.Next planned operation for us looks like being returning the UK S & R back home on Monday or Tuesdsay
6 people 'like' this - 15 comments
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January 17, 2010 - 1:01am
from Joyce Bettencourt on FB: - Joyce Bettencourt From Tara Yeats & Mal Burns of the Metaverse Week in Review, a update from Ham Rambler on his thoughts & experiences while helping fly Search & Rescue teams to help in #Haiti relief efforts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZFd5bLaUtg
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January 18, 2010 - 1pm
Ham Rambler Sitting in our Hotel reception area, ready to go Flying again. We have been asked to do another flight into Port Au Prince, but we are having trouble getting a landing slot from the US Air Force who are now running the airport. Our passengers are at the airport in Puerto Plata , to the north of the Dominican Republic. So we sit and wait to see what happens
8 people "like" this - 7 comments
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January 18, 2010 - 6:47p
Ham Rambler Unable to get a landing slot into Port Au Prince so we scrubbed the flight. The big troop deployment may have affected slot availability. Try again tomorrow.
3 people 'like' - 4 comments
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January 19
Ham Rambler Another day and another planned flight to Port Au Prince. Hopefully we will get a landing slot today. My postings on here got picked up by RTE, irelands TV and radio station, resulting in a quick phone interview. Not sure they'll use it because I really didn't have a lot to add.
9 people 'like' - 3 comments
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January 19, 2010 - noon est
Santo Domingo airport now full, so we have to move our aircraft to another airport, while still waiting to see if we can get a slot into Port Au Prince.
1 comment
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January 19, 2p
Now on our way to Samana , on the north of the Dominican Republic, our new base for the next few days.
8 people 'like' 5 comments
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January 19, 2010 1:03p
Now on our way to Samana , on the north of the Dominican Republic, our new base for the next few days.
8 people 'like' 5 comments
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January 20, 2010 10:35p
20 minute flight to Samana, followed by a 1:30 hour drive to a Beach resort, the only place available to stay. Its particularly uncomfortable to be here amongst all these holidaymakers when I would prefer to be flying more resources into Haiti. We managed to get a slot later today for another of our aircraft flying in an Icelandic Red Cross team...
5 people 'like', 3 comments
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January 20, 10:36am
....and we now have our confirmed slot for early Friday morning to extract the UK Fire Service Rescue team we brought out. Saw reports of an aftershock this morning, but we didn't feel anything here at the other end of the island.
5 people 'like', 2 comments
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:38am
Met a couple of guys from " Medicins Sans Frontier" ( Doctors without Borders) at the internet cafe who are heading into Port Au Prince later today. I wished them well.
20 people 'like' this, 4 comments
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:03a
After some overnight rain, today dawns bright and sunny. Our 737 Aircraft has been in and out of Port Au Prince and brought in Icelandic Relief supplies and a team, and took out some Coast Guard people. We have picked up a re quest to transport a Spanish team and they will be leaving Spain soon on their way over. We wi...ll pick them up here in the Dominican Republic, and fly them across to Port Au Prince early tomorrow
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:08a
On arrival In Port Au Prince, we will offload the Spanish and pick up the UK team we brought out, then off to Halifax. Another crew is waiting there to bring our passengers out to the UK. We get to stay a few days and wait until our other 757 comes through Halifax on Sunday. The Air Force have advised us that the arriv...al slots into Port Au Prince have been filled until February 12th
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