Chicago Fire Department Commissioner John Brooks, center, was joined by Mayor Richard Daley, right, and other fire department personnel at a press conference Saturday where it was announced that two ambulances stocked with critical supplies were headed to
Chicago Fire Department Commissioner John Brooks, center, was joined by Mayor Richard Daley, right, and other fire department personnel at a press conference Saturday where it was announced that two ambulances stocked with critical supplies were headed to Haiti to aid in relief efforts there.
On Jan. 12, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake stuck the Haitian capital city of Port-Au-Prince, leaving death, destruction and devastation in its wake.
The ambulances, driven by volunteers, left Chicago Saturday for Miami, from where they will be shipped to Haiti.
“I know I speak for all Chicagoans when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives in the Haiti disaster, and with everyone else in that nation which is experiencing such incredible hardship right now,” Daley said at the news conference held at the Chicago Fire Department Quinn Fire Academy, 558 W. DeKoven St.
“The City has been working with Chicago’s Haitian community to find the best ways we can assist the victims of the earthquake,” he said.
Two of the ambulances will be used at the St. Croix Hospital and the third will be used by volunteer fire fighters to transport patients to other local medical centers.
The ambulances are stocked with cots, blankets, masks, bandages, gloves, food, and