The group heard that there was a woman with a spine fracture that needed evaluation and treatment in an outside village. Craig and team drove thru jungle like conditions and bad roads north of Leogane to the sea. 27 yo female had been struck in the back from debris from the quake. A nurse had placed a foley catheter earlier in the week. When Craig saw her, she was a complete paraplegic, with no sensation or strength in her lower extremities. Transporting her would be too painful. In addition, the facilities in Leogane were too primitive for any type of spine surgery. On the way to her village, they had passed some Marines. They went back to the military unit, and requested that she be transferred to USS Comfort, as Craig and his team could see it on the horizon, and thought they would have the appropriate needs to help her. This picture is of flares that the marines put off for the incoming helicopter to locate them.
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