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Well i am finally back from Port au Prince, Haiti and it was an incredible experience. I almost didnt make it down there. Our private charter was canceled last minute after they realized the same plane was booked doing something for Daytona 500. I had two duffle bags of antibiotics for a ~1000 people and i was very close to driving back to Jacksonville. But after a 100 calls, i contacted Project Medishare and they had a plane leaving in 2hrs from MIA so we had to pack our stuff and haul ass from Ft Lauderdale. We arrived late and it was a very eye opening experience.
Everything looked very surreal. I felt like i was in a movie. I must have said a hundred times that it felt like i was watching a scene from Saving Private Ryan or Independence Day. To see destruction everywhere and 80% of buildings collapsed or cracked in half. The dead bodies are all cleaned up by now since it has been more than 4 weeks now. But the poverty and devastation is strong as ever. You see kids just sitting in a corner of a street and i would go there with my translator and ask where are your parents? "they are dead", when is the last time you ate? " two days ago", what are you gonna do? "we don't know." That **** breaks your heart, i don't care how tough you are.
We slept in a tent, got rained on every night and ate protein bars, tuna pouches and crackers which i took with me. Water is very scare and you ration everything. We pissed in PVC pipes that were driven in to the ground a few feet so to at least deposit the urine deep down. In the week i was there i took a cowboy bath if you call it that with a bottle of water and baby wipes. We worked 18hr days and nights. My neck and back was killing me from sleeping on a cot with no pillow. I took a **** load of protein bars with me and on the last day i was there i asked one of the UN guys to drive me and i passed out about two cases of protein bars to kids that appeared homeless. I am not sure if it made a difference, but i figured that it might get them a little more time until the next ration of food gets to them.
There are a lot of sick people. Everything from infections, gangrene, new wounds, gun shot wounds from violence. There are abandoned children everywhere since most of their parents died. The other sad thing in Haiti is that this earthquake killed its upper class. Since the earthquake happened at ~4pm, it killed engineers, architects, teachers, doctors, etc. The people that didnt have **** were in the streets or sitting on their porch. So in 45 seconds it wiped out the people that could get the country out of this.
I met a lot of cool people on this trip. UN and US Army have a huge presence there. Everywhere you look there are Nissan Patrol and Landcruisers with UN on
them and soldiers from different countries fully strapped to the tilt with weapons. In one corner i saw UN teams from Pakistan, Austria, USA, France, and Brasil. And the funniest **** is that i own every gun they carried, lol.
I also met a doctor that is the physician to the entire cabinet, prime minister and he took me around for half a day to see things they don't show you on CNN. I also got a chance to meet the Prime Minister of Haiti and she was very thankful and appreciative. I also met a couple of CIA guys that were cool as ****. They informed me that 90% of cocaine coming to Miami comes from Columbia thru Haiti. And to top it off, 10% of all cocaine is cargoed thru Red Cross ! They felt pretty comfortable with me cause they saw me in scrubs etc and didn't consider me a risk of any sorts and freely talked about stuff. They were there monitoring some **** with Red Cross.
All in all, the week there sucked as far as comfort, amenaties, etc. But again it was an experience that i will never forget. I saw hundreds of patients that i am positive i helped for the good. The antibiotics that i brought helped fight infections in a about a 1000 people and took pain medication for about 200 people. Some patients that have had amputations are just being given Motrin and are twirling in pain. Those pain meds i brought eased a lot of pain.
I am not gonna get all sensitive and say i am a changed man etc. But i can definitely say i have a new out look in life. I am still gonna like women, cars, and guns but i am going to spend more time with my family, friends and loved ones. It is amazing how quickly **** can change.
Hope you enjoy the video: Please leave a comment and rate the video. I really would like more people to see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRADudolxo
Well i am finally back from Port au Prince, Haiti and it was an incredible experience. I almost didnt make it down there. Our private charter was canceled last minute after they realized the same plane was booked doing something for Daytona 500. I had two duffle bags of antibiotics for a ~1000 people and i was very close to driving back to Jacksonville. But after a 100 calls, i contacted Project Medishare and they had a plane leaving in 2hrs from MIA so we had to pack our stuff and haul ass from Ft Lauderdale. We arrived late and it was a very eye opening experience.
Everything looked very surreal. I felt like i was in a movie. I must have said a hundred times that it felt like i was watching a scene from Saving Private Ryan or Independence Day. To see destruction everywhere and 80% of buildings collapsed or cracked in half. The dead bodies are all cleaned up by now since it has been more than 4 weeks now. But the poverty and devastation is strong as ever. You see kids just sitting in a corner of a street and i would go there with my translator and ask where are your parents? "they are dead", when is the last time you ate? " two days ago", what are you gonna do? "we don't know." That **** breaks your heart, i don't care how tough you are.
We slept in a tent, got rained on every night and ate protein bars, tuna pouches and crackers which i took with me. Water is very scare and you ration everything. We pissed in PVC pipes that were driven in to the ground a few feet so to at least deposit the urine deep down. In the week i was there i took a cowboy bath if you call it that with a bottle of water and baby wipes. We worked 18hr days and nights. My neck and back was killing me from sleeping on a cot with no pillow. I took a **** load of protein bars with me and on the last day i was there i asked one of the UN guys to drive me and i passed out about two cases of protein bars to kids that appeared homeless. I am not sure if it made a difference, but i figured that it might get them a little more time until the next ration of food gets to them.
There are a lot of sick people. Everything from infections, gangrene, new wounds, gun shot wounds from violence. There are abandoned children everywhere since most of their parents died. The other sad thing in Haiti is that this earthquake killed its upper class. Since the earthquake happened at ~4pm, it killed engineers, architects, teachers, doctors, etc. The people that didnt have **** were in the streets or sitting on their porch. So in 45 seconds it wiped out the people that could get the country out of this.
I met a lot of cool people on this trip. UN and US Army have a huge presence there. Everywhere you look there are Nissan Patrol and Landcruisers with UN on
them and soldiers from different countries fully strapped to the tilt with weapons. In one corner i saw UN teams from Pakistan, Austria, USA, France, and Brasil. And the funniest **** is that i own every gun they carried, lol.
I also met a doctor that is the physician to the entire cabinet, prime minister and he took me around for half a day to see things they don't show you on CNN. I also got a chance to meet the Prime Minister of Haiti and she was very thankful and appreciative. I also met a couple of CIA guys that were cool as ****. They informed me that 90% of cocaine coming to Miami comes from Columbia thru Haiti. And to top it off, 10% of all cocaine is cargoed thru Red Cross ! They felt pretty comfortable with me cause they saw me in scrubs etc and didn't consider me a risk of any sorts and freely talked about stuff. They were there monitoring some **** with Red Cross.
All in all, the week there sucked as far as comfort, amenaties, etc. But again it was an experience that i will never forget. I saw hundreds of patients that i am positive i helped for the good. The antibiotics that i brought helped fight infections in a about a 1000 people and took pain medication for about 200 people. Some patients that have had amputations are just being given Motrin and are twirling in pain. Those pain meds i brought eased a lot of pain.
I am not gonna get all sensitive and say i am a changed man etc. But i can definitely say i have a new out look in life. I am still gonna like women, cars, and guns but i am going to spend more time with my family, friends and loved ones. It is amazing how quickly **** can change.
Hope you enjoy the video: Please leave a comment and rate the video. I really would like more people to see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRADudolxo
