The bags were packed with fifteen thousand pounds of water, a couple of hundred tents for destitute Haitians and communications hardware.
Some of the things were donated by local corporations like Walgreens. About sixty volunteers left on the flight morning, many of them relief employees and some United staff.
The flight back Wed. night carried Haitians and Haitian-Americans cleared to go into the country. 80 folks will turned up at O'Hare airfield Wed. night to get care from the Red Cross. That plane left OHare early Wed. morning taking medicine, bottled water and a bunch of relief staff with them. FOX Chicago was told ten of the eighty passengers are youngsters, and each one of them were in Haitis capitol when the quake hit that country last week. When they arrive, the Red Cross asserts they need to confirm they get the basic prerequisites, and Corky's Catering gives them a Haitian meal : roasted chicken with red beans and rice. Everybody at the Hilton asserts Wed. night is all about making them feel a bit like they are welcome in Chicago. "They're wanting comfort, mental well-being support, so we've actually designed our operations to meet those desires and attempt to look after these folk when they get off the plane," expounded Jackie Mitchell, of the North American Red Cross. "We need to make them feel at home here in Chicago as much as practical thanks to the devastation they have had," announced Jeremiah Green, of Corky's Catering. What is commonly known about the passengers is a lot of them are US people, though it's not known where they live. FOX Chicago is looking for additional information about the method of how these passengers got to come to Chicago and where they're from.
