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Pics From Haiti: Urban Search and Rescue Teams in Action
AP, WTOP
January 20, 2010

Members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue scale what used to be the Montana Hotel in order to conduct a rescue operation at the Port-au-Prince hotel. The all volunteer service partnered with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and multi-national relief agencies to support the massive relief efforts needed in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake. Eight personnel, including 7 Americans, have been rescued from the rubble of the hotel. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Joshua Lee Kelsey)