Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Tsunami aid update
The U.S. military increased aid missions to 80 a day from about 30 last week with about 22 helicopters flying to remote coastal areas closest the epicenter of the quake.
Military pilots said more than three weeks after the wave struck, desperate survivors still mobbed relief deliveries.
"It's hard to keep people away from the helicopter, although they understand the tail rotor is like a big chainsaw," said Lieutenant Murray Gladwin, 29, an Australian army helicopter pilot from Brisbane.
In the comfort of our warm suburban houses it is easy to forget for a minute that this operation on the other side of the world is not slowing down, but intensifying. And who is doing what? The Reuters story tells it all:
U.S. helicopters stepped up aid missions to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province on Tuesday as the United Nations urged rich countries to spend more now to reduce the toll from future natural disasters.
U.S. helicopters stepped up aid missions while the United Nations served up warmed-over post hoc advice. 'Nuf said.
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