Showing posts with label snowstorm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowstorm. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Massachusetts National Guardsmen Help Deliver Baby During Blizzard

Guardsmen Help Deliver Baby During Blizzard
Feb 12, 2013
American Forces Press Service
by Senior Airman Bonnie K. Harper

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – As a historic blizzard battered Massachusetts in the early hours of Feb. 9, soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard’s Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, assisted Worcester emergency medical services personnel in delivering a baby.

Army Sgt. Kenneth Hickey said he, Army Spc. Joshua Catalano and Army Spc. Derek Demelo were assisting Worcester EMS with their operations and supporting the city by using their military field ambulance to access areas unreachable with the city ambulances.

"This is an outstanding example of the strong partnership between the National Guard and local emergency responders,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Massachusetts adjutant general.

“Together, with the encouraging support of the citizens we serve, we find great strength in our mission.

The soldiers received a call to assist Ericka Bueno, who had gone into labor around 2:30 a.m. and called 911. Within 10 minutes, EMS personnel arrived at her home.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Colorado National Guardsmen take aid to snowbound travelers

Colo. Guard takes aid to snowbound travelers

By Katie Oyan - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Apr 18, 2009 14:58:03 EDT

DENVER — Colorado transportation officials on Saturday reopened a lengthy section of Interstate 70 that was closed overnight, stranding hundreds of travelers, by a storm that dumped more than 3 feet of snow in the region west of Denver.

A winter storm warning remained in effect for parts of the state, the National Weather Service said.

More than 500 people had spent the night at three shelters in Idaho Springs and Georgetown after the closure of the 80-mile stretch of I-70 in the mountains, said Jim Rettew, an American Red Cross spokesman.

The Colorado National Guard delivered two truckloads of cots, blankets and food to the stranded travelers.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_colorado_guard_snow_041809/