FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2010
Carlsbad, California
Contact: Andrea Stone
Tel: 760-930-9089
Cell: 619-991-3669
Email: andrea@rescuetaskforce.org
6.1 EARTHQUAKE HITS HAITI RESCUE TASK FORCE TEAM SHAKEN
World Emergency Relief’s Rescue Task Force (RTF) team does not slow down even when the ground below them is shaking.
RTF team is fine after a 6.1 earthquakes shakes the ground under their feet.
Team leader, Darryl Hall, reports, “Team is fine”. They were prepared for aftershocks and have set up base camp in tents. They are not staying inside of concrete structures.
With a 6.1 hitting an already unstable Port-au-Prince it is going to mean more tragedy. Our Rescue Task Force team will have their work cut out for them.
“This is tragic news, this will mean more devastation and more lives need to be saved. We have the best of the best over there in Haiti. Darryl and the team are prepared to do whatever it takes to saves lives. I have full faith in the entire team to bring that strength and compassion from their hearts and turn it into life saving in many ways.” – Andrea Stone Executive Officer
RTF is there “Around the World, Around the Clock”.
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
***This event supersedes event AT00398542.
Region: HAITI REGION
Geographic coordinates: 8.428N, 72.875W
Magnitude: 6.1 M
Depth: 9 km
Universal Time (UTC): 20 Jan 2010 11:03:44
Time near the Epicenter: 20 Jan 2010 06:03:44
Local standard time in your area: 20 Jan 2010 03:03:44
Location with respect to nearby cities:
41 km (26 miles) WNW (301 degrees) of Jacmel, Sud-Est, Haiti
49 km (31 miles) WSW (257 degrees) of Carrefour, Ouest, Haiti
59 km (36 miles) WSW (257 degrees) of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
National Earthquake Information Center
The Calcium Chloride the team is carrying is even more valuable with new victims of the recent aftershock. The RTF team has experience, strength, and courage to make a huge difference.
Children on their knees next to their parents – parents that did not survive the quake. Crying, lost and orphaned.
These are children, families, and elderly pleading for our rescue.
Please help us – now more than ever as we face this catastrophic ground shaking tragedy. Haiti needs us. The Americans are there. Haiti lives are in so much pain right now.
Please keep our team in your thoughts and prayers as they face chaos and danger.
Rescue Task Force needs your help. Please donate to help those who really need it!
Online donations: http://www.wer-us.org/haiti-RFT-donation.html or
Send checks to:
Rescue Task Force
2270 Camino Vida Roble
Suite K
Carlsbad, CA 92011
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There are many organizations that are responding to and seeking support for the Haiti disaster. Rescue Task Force’s experience of providing emergency disaster relief “Around the World, Around the Clock” for over 20 years means that victims will receive essential aid quickly.
Rescue Task Force is in the World Emergency Relief family of charities.
