A contingent of New York City first responders landed in Puerto Rico on Sunday to help out victims of Hurricane Irma.
NY-TF1 is briefed before departing to #PuertoRico. The team then will be deployed to the #USVirginIslands to assist in #Irma rescue efforts.
The group, which left the Big Apple by bus, flew from an Air Force base in Georgia to San Juan for deployment around the Caribbean, NYPD Deputy Chief Timothy Trainor said.
“In this time of crisis, we’re here to assist in any way possible, certainly mindful of what other people from outside New York did for the citizens of New York after 9/11, nearly 16 years ago this day,” Trainor said.
The NYPD sent 39 members of the Finest, including five K-9 cops and their dogs, while the FDNY sent a combination of 40 firefighters and EMT workers.
They’re scheduled to spend 14 days on relief efforts.
They’re scheduled to spend 14 days on relief efforts.
Puerto Rico was spared the brunt of Irma’s devastating power, but at least 25 people were killed when the storm lashed a series of neighboring islands.
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda has said that 95 percent of Barbuda’s buildings were damaged, leaving it “barely habitable,” when the Category 5 hurricane swept through on Wednesday.
By Shawn Cohen and Bruce GoldingNYPD, FDNY hurricane-relief workers land in Puerto Rico
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