18th January 2010

My former Search & Rescue Unit is looking for Air Miles to make it down to Haiti. This is not a scam, I started working with this group as a dog handler in 1990.

My former unit leader says, "We are not asking for money, we are asking for Air Miles.

$1600.00 to $1,900.00 each is what we were quoted, so we're waiting and hoping someone will donate AIRMILES so we can fly in. As soon as we get the airline tickets, we're on the plane, we are already packed. We’ve approached the airlines and they won’t donate the tickets.

We were supposed to fly out Saturday, but the plane got bumped and the victim search we were contracted to go look for (US Citizens) were able to be handled by another team already on the ground in Haiti. There are 1000's still trapped and we can still possibly save lives but not until we're there.

Can anyone still be alive? Yes of course. I’ve seen survivors pulled in the Philippine earthquake in 1990 from the Hiatt regency in Bagio after two weeks of being stuck in the elevator shaft. We found four survivors with our search dog teams in the 1999 Turkey earthquake after 10 days in 100-degree heat. No food, no water, they survived. "

If you would like to donate some Air Miles to this search team which as gone all over the world to disasters, please help send them down. searchdog@iinet.com