“The airplanes were sitting here, not being used, and a lot of my people wanted to help make a difference,” Hart said earlier this week. “We decided to take our planes, load them up with medical supplies and a couple of portable X-ray machines, and fly the stuff down there to help doctors trying to aid injured people.”
The X-ray machines were supplied by Selection.com, a pre-employment screening firm headquartered in Springdale.
Selection.com CEO James Boeddeker said he felt “providing this equipment and personally delivering it would make that difference.”
Hart said the plane arrived in Miami late Tuesday night and was set to be in Haiti by Thursday. Due in large part to congestion at the Port-au-Prince airport, Hart said his “smaller” plane has an easier time getting in and out of Haiti.
“We’re hoping to make a couple more trips between Miami and Port-au-Prince over the week, if there are other supplies that are trying to get in,” Hart said.
The effort is completely free of cost, as Hart said the pilots flying supplies are paying for their own fuel and lodging along the way. It is all part of Start Skydiving’s commitment to working toward the betterment of the community, he said.
“When we moved to Middletown we said we were going to get involved in the community,” Hart said. “This act shows that our community doesn’t stop at the edges of Middletown.”
Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2871 or rgauthier@coxohio.com.
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