BROOKLYN - U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10) will welcome back a group of Brooklyn-based first responders who traveled to Haiti to assist in the rescue operations, following the earthquake that shook that nation.

Rep. Towns, who helped to facilitate their travel to the country, will also present a proclamation to each member of the Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps, commemorating their work in Haiti. Rep. Towns helped to expedite the travel of the forty-four certified first responders and medical personnel less than a week after the earthquake devastated Haiti.

Within twenty-four hours of their arrival, the Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps delivered two babies and joined doctors on the ground in treating and triaging wounded Haitian citizens. Many of the corps’ members were born in Haiti, are part of the Haitian American community in Brooklyn, and speak Creole.


    WHO:        U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns, (NY-10)
                     James “Rocky” Robinson, Commander
                     Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps

        Members of the Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps
    
    WHAT:       Presentation of Proclamation to First Responders in Haiti Humanitarian
                     Mission

    WHEN:      Tuesday, January 26, 2010
                     10:00 a.m.

    WHERE:     Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps
                      727 Greene Avenue
                      Brooklyn, New York
                      (Corner of Marcus Garvey Blvd and Greene Ave)

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