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Sancho

(9,204 posts)
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 03:45 PM Sep 2017

Can't get supplies from Fl to PR [View all]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/frustrations-mount-as-supplies-for-puerto-rico-sit-idle-in-tampa/2339403

They've collected tons of supplies for Puerto Rico, but they can't get a plane to deliver them

TAMPA — More than 100 tons of food and water sat in a packed hangar this weekend waiting to be flown to Puerto Rico.

There are more warehouses just like this one across the bay area, stocked with diapers, food, generators and bottled water donated by Floridians to ease the suffering of millions. Volunteers on the devastated American territory are waiting, already coordinating with churches to ensure the so desperately needed goods go to the right people.

The only thing missing is the actual plane to deliver the supplies.

Volunteers say a mess of bureaucracy and false promises from a private charter company have left them exhausted, frustrated and desperate to get the items they've collected to the struggling island that was devastated by Hurricane Maria on Sept. 20.


Read the whole article to see how tRump's puesdo-government is nothing but a sham.

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