Vets band together to help rescue efforts at home

Record ID: 1356891

  • Title: Vets band together to help rescue efforts at home
  • Date: 17th September 2018
  • Summary: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 16, 2018) (REUTERS) WIDE SHOT OF 'TASK FORCE 75' RESCUE VOLUNTEERS ON STEPS VOLUNTEERS TALKING TO EACH OTHER OUTSIDE VOLUNTEER ON STEPS SMOKING A CIGARETTE WIDE SHOT OF 'TASK FORCE 75' VOLUNTEERS MEETING AROUND TABLE MEMBERS READING MAPS PICK UP TRUCK WITH BOAT PAN OF BOAT VOLUNTEER MOVING EQUIPMENT ACROSS PARKING LOT (S
  • Embargoed: 2nd October 2018 00:24
  • Keywords: Hurricane Florence flooding miltary veterans Task Force 75 volunteers
  • Location: WILMINGTON, ROCKY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES
  • City: WILMINGTON, ROCKY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018Y0O7K7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: They call themselves "Task Force 75". They are group of former service members who faced battles in Iraq and Afghanistan and have now banded together to help out people in need.
    Their latest venture is helping the victims of Florence. And that can mean just about anything, explains Matthew Sanders. "Sometimes that's rescue, sometimes it is hand out - food and water, sometimes it is health and welfare checks - or pulling dogs out of second story bathrooms," he said. "It is what it is."
    The coastal city of Wilmington was largely cut off due to flood waters from the Cape Fear River, with one single road available for emergency workers and those bringing food and water. Officials were discouraging people from returning.
    This comes as residents of the Carolinas were starting to confront the storm's after-effects, including power outages, impassable roads, and sewage spilling into flooded areas, while the hurricane's remnants headed north.
    North Carolina officials reported 1,200 road closures, including a stretch of Interstate 95, a major transportation artery on the U.S. East Coast.
    About 509,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in North and South Carolina and surrounding states.
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