Team Rubicon Activates Recon Element
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As you hopefully by now know, Chile has been rocked by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake off it’s coast. This earthquake is over 1000x more powerful than the one that struck Haiti over one month ago.
Initial reports from the Chilean government are casualties hovering near 200, however, communication is down with outlying villages and towns on the coast, and that toll is expected to rise sharply in the coming days.
Team Rubicon has assembled a 6 man recon element to fly into southern Chile to assess casualties near the coast, where large aid organizations will not concentrate their efforts. We expect bottlenecks to occur in Santiago, where the airport is shut down for 24 hours, and concentrated efforts to be focused on Concepcion. This leaves a critical gap in medical attention on the coastal towns.
Team Rubicon is asking you to help us offset the cost of this mission. If you can donate $10 or $15 to our website, we can ensure that thousands of Chilean citizens on the coast will receive the care they need.
http://teamrubiconusa.org/donate/
Thank you.
Jake Wood
President, Team Rubicon
Will be praying for everyone as they undertake this new mission.
Thank God for your heart of service to others, guys! Just used paypal to help out. You combine the center of our own personal hearts: military-trained responders guided by some Catholic support joining with many others who understand mercy/grace/kindness/love. Bravo!
God Bless you all.
Diane and John
Donation … on the way.
Soon as I get my RN, I’ll be volunteering. Can’t wait, y’all are doing a good thing. God bless!
God bless you all and keep you safe. Will give something when I get my pension on Monday.
Donated — I am so very proud of you and humbled by your service. God will be with you on your journey of compassion — may he watch over you and protect you.
It was an honor speaking with you today Jake. Thank you for considering my application to join your team. Once I get my passport squared away, I will be looking forward to serving your team. Until then, I will do my best to support you guys and encourage others to donate to the cause. Take care and God Bless!
Semper Fi
Sam Chapetta
“We expect bottlenecks to occur in Santiago”
Yeah, from everything I am hearing, Santiago is a mess. Puerto Montt from Argentina might be easier and then an internal flight to Maquehue Airport puts you southeast of Concepcion.
Driving over the Andes from Argentina to Chile is, uhm, difficult. There are one maybe two roads that cross the Andes. The trip is difficult unless you cross down in Patagonia but that is like driving from Phoenix to LA and then driving up to Seattle.