Amazing and sad. Makes you proud to be a ham when you realize how important this communication was to HH2JR on Haiti. The tension in is voice brought tears to my eyes. http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/12397727/1885578730/name/Haiti%2Emp3
Andy K3UK ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:53 PM Subject: [dxld] Port Au Prince, Haiti phone patch Recording ~ 5 PM ET January 13, 2009 [1 Attachment] To: [email protected] [Attachment(s) <#1262a1c0b140f1a2_TopText> from Glenn Hauser included below] > A very dramatic phone-patch between Jean-Robert Gaillard, > Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HH2JR) and Frederick J. Moore, 7500 E > Pocono Dr, Inverness, FL 34450 (W3ZU) in Florida. > Hundreds dead, no power, no electricity, no hospital. > Jean-Robert Gaillard reports 30 aftershocks since the main > earthquake, saying "everything is chaos, dead bodies > all over the place." This conversation was captured via > amateur (ham) radio a few moments ago. Jean-Robert becomes > very emotional at the end of the conversation when he's > informed there is a Coast Guard Cutter on scene in Port Au > Prince, a Hospital ship on the way, and 3 more Cutters > enroute. > > Brian Crow, K3VR 26 minutes
