Monday, January 18, 2010

update 2

I heard from the pilots this morning. They landed safely in Port Au Prince this morning. They were greeted on the ground by MTI personal and were escorted to the make shift hospital that they will be working out of all day today.

The only trouble they had was that Fort Lauderdale customs wasn't open yet, so they had to detour to another US airport to go thru customs and then head off to Haiti. It took extra time that was a little frustrating but all in all, wasn't so bad.

The pilot said that they were doing some "really cool" work down there, so I'm sure that the team will be very tired tonight. Hopefully I will hear from Michael but I'm not sure yet. I haven't heard from anyone in Haiti yet (the pilots called after they had returned to the US, every plane only has 1 hour on the ground in Haiti, so that the airport doesn't get backed up, so the pilots could not stay there).

1 comment:

Teri Lou said...

Thanks for the updates. I enjoy reading about his adventure. I think it is great that he has this opportunity. I am sure it will be very rewarding as well as exhausting.