Haiti Lessons: A Search and Rescue Corps ...
As the one-month anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake passes, one inspiring memory of the rescue effort stands out: after a Los Angeles search and rescue team pulled another survivor from the rubble, bystanders in Port-au-Prince chanted, “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” President Obama recounted the scene in his State of the Union address, and now policymakers should make sure that such successes can be repeated, more frequently, in future disasters by expanding our urban search and rescue capacity.
Consider what we were able to do in Haiti. The heroic work of just six American teams there — a small fraction of the 43 international search and rescue teams deployed — was responsible for a third of the lives saved.… Seguir leyendo »