Narrator: Adventist World
Aviation has mission outposts
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stationed all around the world
with the mission of brining
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humanitarian aid
and the love of Jesus,
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too difficult to reach areas.
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Often the missions keep very
busy flying med-evac flights,
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delivering critically ill
patients from remote jungles
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to a place where they can
receive a higher level of care.
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These flights are not
only lifesaving, but they share
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the love of Jesus and
bring hope to the hopeless.
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Jud: Nicaragua, is a very
unique project as are most of
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AWA projects.
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Projects, they are in
areas, where access is limited.
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They are in places
where they are serving people,
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who have unique needs
for access to medicine.
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Have unique needs as
far as transportation.
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And the airplane is able to
provide that service to those
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people in a very special way.
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It has a huge impact
on the lives of the people
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living in these areas.
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You see this project meets
the needs of the Miskito people
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in a wide variety of ways.
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Narrator: One of Adventist World
Aviation's outposts is situated
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in the northeastern
corner of Nicaragua.
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Here Clint Hanley and his
family dedicate their lives
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to serving the
local Miskito Indians.
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Clint: I'm Clint Hanley and
I live in northeast Nicaragua,
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in the upper corner along
the boarder of the Rio Cocoa
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with the border of Honduras
and I live here with my family,
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2 children and my
wife, who is a nurse
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and we fly this
airplane, a Cessna 172.
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For medical work
all around this region,
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covering about 150
miles in all directions.
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Narrator: Clint and his
wife Marilyn live in Tronquera,
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Nicaragua on a mission base,
that they constructed themselves
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over 10 years ago.
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In the beginning, there was
no infrastructure to support
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any communications,
or medical evacuations.
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After a few years of
hard work, the Hanley's
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procured an air plane,
built a runway themselves
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and successfully implemented
the only humanitarian aid
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aviation service in the country.
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This airplane is the first and
only aircraft that flies medical
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evacuations from remote
villages and delivers patients
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to a larger town
called Puerto Cabezas.
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Clint: Since we started flying
7 years ago, I have flown 530
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patients from remote communities
or from hospital to hospital
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and approximately
50-80% of those would have,
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the doctors say,
would have died for sure,
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had they not had transport.
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The rest of them needed
transport, because they were
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in great pain,
they had broken femurs
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or something like that.
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That if they would have
transported by road it would
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have been a lot worse
for them, but they probably
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wouldn't have died.
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So it's been a big help
to the people and we're happy
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to be a small part of it.
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Before we came, the people
got to the hospital by boats,
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by road, by truck.
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To give you an example, to
fly from here to San Carlos
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is 35 minutes for me,
to get them to the hospital
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from the time I get the
call, until they actually arrive
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in the hospital is approximately
one and a half hours.
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If they were to take a boat,
there's no roads so they would
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have to take a boat, there's
an average of one boat a day,
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but sometimes there will be a
day or two or three, that go by
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that there's no
boats. They're random.
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And the boats take 12
hours. And usually they leave
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in the morning.
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So if the accident happens
later in the day, they're having
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to wait through the night, until
the next morning and then hoping
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that they can find a boat with
room in it, then they ride that
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boat 12 hours to
get to the hospital.
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That's fairly average for a
lot of the patients that need
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to come to the hospital.
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So you can see where if it's a
snake bite, a lot of the people
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we carry out pregnant
mothers and babies and either
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the pregnancy has a problem,
or the mothers has had the baby
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right away or
there's a complication
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between the mother and the baby.
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About 70% of our
transports are related to that.
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Narrator: It took many
years of working with government
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officials, but Clint was
finally able to win their trust.
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Clint: There is none, none other
available in all of Nicaragua
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doing this.
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And so it's a vital piece
of help that the government
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and no other aid agency
was able to offer to the people
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to save lives in transport.
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Narrator: Clint is now
well known amongst the natives
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of this region, everyone
knows that they can call on him
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when they are in
need, or have an emergency.
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Relationships like these aren't
easy to develop but the Hanley's
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have lived here for 10
years, and the natives have come
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to accept the missionaries,
as their own Miskito people.
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Travel in this region of
Nicaragua is very difficult.
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This region is covered
with thick lush jungles
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and winding rivers.
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Road systems were
never fully developed here.
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This makes transportation
tough. Natives travel in large
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over packed buses or by river.
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A trip that would take a
1.5 hour flight, would take
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2 or 3 days, if they
were to travel by land.
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Often land travel isn't possible
simply because there are
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no road systems to
reach many of the remote areas
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These Miskito
Indians live in isolation.
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When an emergency occurs,
many don't survive mild injuries
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simply because they
cannot reach medical care.
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In this part of Central America,
passengers often ride on top
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of a fully loaded cargo bus,
which is a common yet dangerous
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mode of transportation.
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Today, Clint gets word that one
of these cargo buses overturned
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in a ditch and many of its
passengers were badly wounded,
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some killed.
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Clint: So it's Dr Zunigate
in Waspam, and he has a child
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with some brain trouble.
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And they need to go to Managua.
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So what I do in this case is
transfer him from the hospital
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in Waspam to Puerto Cabezas.
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Narrator: Clint immediately
sprints into action and travels
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by car the hour journey to
the nearest medical facility.
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This hospital has very few
supplies and they have no way
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of providing care for
critically injured individuals.
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This medical facility can treat
simple wounds, but they have
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no way of helping
the critically injured.
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Many of the workers at
the hospital know Clint well.
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He flies med-evacs for
them almost on a weekly basis.
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Clint asks to see the
worst patient, so he can arrange
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transport to Puerto Cabezas.
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Clint: And the person that we're
going to transport tomorrow,
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we're going to take,
they said they have a fracture
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of their skull, and something in
their, microcephaly or something
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I don't know exactly what it is.
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But they say that they have
stabilized him, but they need
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transport into
Managua for surgery.
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And they can't be
transported by road because
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they are too fragile.
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So they can't, that there is
no plane leaving Puerto Cabezas
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until tomorrow, so they
have stabilized him and they are
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keeping him here
until they are ready to meet
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the airplane in Port.
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Narrator: The workers
inform Clint that there is a
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2 year old boy, who has a
skull fracture and they suspect
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that he has a concussion.
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He drifts in and
out of consciousness.
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Clint talks to his nurse and
tries to get more information
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about the boy.
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Clint: Yesterday there
was an accident in a truck
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that rolled over.
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The truck came from a
small town and the truck rolled.
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And it was a very bad
accident, and that's why we are
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transferring him.
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And so they need a
specialist in Port to be able
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to take care of him.
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He has a concussion.
They suspect that there is
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a fractured skull.
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And there is no specialist brain
surgeons anywhere on this coast,
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the Atlantic coast
to be able to check.
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So he has to go to Managua
to have specialty brain surgery
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to check why he's having
these convolutions and problems.
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That's why his arms are tied,
because he's having convolutions
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and problems with that.
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Narrator: The hospital in Puerto
Cabezas, where Clint usually
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takes his patients is
not equipped to handle
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an injury of this severity.
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Clint and his medical staff
make arrangements to have this
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patient flown to the
capital city of Managua.
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This is unfortunate news because
it means they will not be able
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to make the trip today.
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They must wait until
tomorrow to fly this patient
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to receive the care
he so desperately needs.
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Early the next morning, Clint
prepares to leave and collect
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his awaiting patient, a young
2 year old boy, who was crushed
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under an over turned cargo bus.
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Before he can take off, he
must first inspect his aircraft
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and do a preflight inspection.
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This procedure requires
Clint to look over every part
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of the aircraft, as
well check the oil and fuel.
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It's important to make sure
everything is fully operational
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before they begin any flight.
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Ones the plane is cleared for
flight, Clint taxies from the
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hangar to the runway.
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Clint and his family cleared
and constructed this runway
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8 years ago.
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Having the hangar and runway
just steps away from the Hanley
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home, expedites
the med-evac process.
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Clint now does a run-up
to to make sure the engine
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and avionics are
all running properly.
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He has an electronic pre-flight
checklist, that he goes through,
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before he makes each flight.
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Safety and protocol
are extremely important,
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when it comes to aviation.
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Clint takes no short
cuts, when it comes to safety.
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Pressure is good. Charging.
Suctions good. Set to go.
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Narrator: Everything seems to
be in order and Clint is ready
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to take off and head to Waspam
to pick up his very sick patient
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Brendell helps his
father by clearing the runway.
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Today, there are a few
wild horses that wondered
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onto the runway to graze.
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Well, once the runway is cleared
Clint guides this plane down
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the gravel runway and
races off into the skies.
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It's a short flight to Waspam.
The skies look promising today.
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This is a familiar journey
for Clint; many of his patients
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must be picked up from Waspam
and taken to Puerto Cabezas.
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Narrator: Today's flight is the
only option of transportation
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for this young boy.
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If he were to travel by road,
he would likely have to travel
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in a similar bus that
he had his accident in.
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Additionally, the
roads are terribly bad,
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riddled with potholes.
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This young boy, who has a
fractured skull and likely
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a brain injury, would have
to bounce down an incredibly
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bad dirt road
for over five hours.
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This journey would
definitely worsen his condition
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and potentially end his life.
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But thank God, this
young boy won't have to risk
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land travel today.
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Adventist World Aviation is
honored to provide lifesaving
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med-evac flights in difficult
to reach areas of the world.
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Just by looking out the window
of the aircraft, one can easily
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see how rural and
thick the jungle is here.
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There are no roads visible and
often villagers have to travel
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down a slow
winding river to reach aid.
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But with lifesaving flights,
the patient can be brought
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to the aid they
so desperately need.
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Narrator: Soon the sight
of Waspam comes into view.
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This town is used as a
port since it is situated
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on the Rio Cocoa River.
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They do have a small runway that
is mostly only used by Clint.
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Because the runway doesn't have
constant air traffic control,
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the locals don't observe safety
guidelines and use the runway
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as part of their
daily road system.
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People drive, walk and let their
livestock graze on the runway.
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So for this reason, Clint makes
a pass over the runway first
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and flies low to the ground to
scare off anyone that might be
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on the runway.
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He then turns the
aircraft around and approaches
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for final decent.
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This runway is very narrow
and not very well maintained
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by the town. Clint must
fully concentrate on his landing
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to make sure he
stays on the narrow path.
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Clint skillfully brings the
aircraft down and makes contact
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with the gravel.
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He has arrived safely
to collect his patient.
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Thankfully, the ambulance is
waiting at the gate and is ready
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to load the young boy.
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The ambulance pulls
up next to the plane.
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There's a surprise when the rear
doors of the ambulance opens;
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why there are 2 young patients
that need emergency med-evacs.
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The nurse carrying the
unconscious young boy is first
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to get out of the ambulance.
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But there is another
patient, a scared young girl
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with a broken
femur and a broken back.
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Due to the severity of her
fractures, she cannot physically
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endure the pain of
land transportation.
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Her frail back won't allow for
that dangerous journey by truck.
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Military personnel struggle
getting her into the aircraft,
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will be very tricky
and they must load her
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with the utmost care.
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She is terribly frightened,
and it is quite evident,
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that she is in enormous pain.
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A nurse will accompany the
2 children since there isn't
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enough room to take
family members along
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in this small aircraft.
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The nurse must also monitor
the condition of the small boy
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during flight.
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So, ever so carefully, Clint
helps the military men load
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the young girl into the plane.
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Supplies here are very limited
and there is no stretcher
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available to use
for transportation.
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All they have are blankets, that
they pick up the young girl in
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and carry her to the plane.
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Undoubtedly this exacerbates
the young girl's pain
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and tears
stream down her cheeks.
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After a few attempts, the men
finally situate the young girl
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into the back of the airplane.
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It's a tearful and heart
wrenching sight as the young
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girl says good
bye to her mother.
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This young girl must make
this journey with only the
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companionship of a
stranger as her guardian.
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Adventist World Aviation
always makes a practice to offer
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return flights for
their patients after they have
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received their
medical treatment.
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Although it's very scary now,
the patient will not be left
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stranded in Managua and will be
safely returned to her mother.
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Clint and his passengers
have no time to waste.
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He is now leaving
with an extra passenger,
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that he had not anticipated.
00:19:39.11\00:19:41.08
Within moments, Clint
and the patients are racing
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down the runway.
00:20:18.95\00:20:20.28
The nurse in the back seat
looks anxiously out the window
00:20:20.82\00:20:23.99
as the ground rushes past her.
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She has never been
in an airplane before
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and the experience is
all so very new to her.
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Clint skillfully lifts
the aircraft into the sky
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and turns the plane southward
towards their destination.
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This flight will
take just over an hour.
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Making this journey by
ground would be impossible.
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From the air, it's clear to
see, that there are no roads
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for the ground travel.
00:21:05.29\00:21:06.63
As far as the eye can
see, there is just dense jungle
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.70
with only rivers
cutting through the trees.
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Without this flight,
these patients might not survive
00:21:14.70\00:21:17.84
the accident they endured.
00:21:17.87\00:21:20.11
The injuries these 2
young patients sustained
00:21:56.24\00:21:58.91
from the bus
accident are life threatening.
00:21:58.95\00:22:02.12
As Clint glances back, he sees
that the young boy has slipped
00:22:02.15\00:22:06.15
into unconsciousness.
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.06
The nurse holds him
tight as his body goes limp.
00:22:09.56\00:22:12.99
The young girl's frail
body also lies perfectly still.
00:22:14.00\00:22:17.97
She has multiple bone fractures
and she must remain as still
00:22:18.57\00:22:22.50
as possible to keep from
injuring herself further.
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Clint keeps a copy of all
medical notes of the patients
00:22:26.84\00:22:29.78
he transports. He logs these
notes into his flight times.
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He does this in order to be able
to show his donors, how their
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contributions were put to work.
00:22:38.62\00:22:40.86
He is able to give an
account for each flight and show
00:22:40.89\00:22:43.79
each donor the lives
they were able to help save.
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Midway through the flight, Clint
sees dark storm clouds ahead.
00:23:02.01\00:23:05.61
Rain is very typical here in the
jungles of Nicaragua, however,
00:23:05.65\00:23:09.75
due to the nature of
today's flight, any turbulence
00:23:09.78\00:23:13.22
is most unwelcomed.
00:23:13.25\00:23:15.12
Clint does everything he
can to keep this plane flying
00:23:16.42\00:23:19.09
as smoothly as possible.
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.03
Weather is something all
pilots wish they could control,
00:23:21.63\00:23:24.90
but today Clint can do nothing
more than whisper a prayer
00:23:24.93\00:23:29.24
and be
attentive to his controls.
00:23:29.27\00:23:32.87
The clouds completely surround
the aircraft and there is no
00:23:33.98\00:23:38.58
visibility out of the aircraft.
00:23:38.61\00:23:40.95
In order to keep the plane on
course, Clint must fly what we
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call IFR. IFR stands
for instrument flight rules.
00:23:44.95\00:23:50.53
It's called instrument flight,
because the pilot navigates only
00:23:50.56\00:23:54.90
by reference to the instruments
on the panel of the aircraft.
00:23:54.93\00:23:59.37
Clint is able to climb above the
clouds and away from the storms.
00:24:00.30\00:24:04.11
The young patients in
the back remain undisturbed
00:24:05.11\00:24:07.98
as they safely travel onward.
00:24:08.01\00:24:10.68
The journey is now
drawing to an end and the view
00:24:26.39\00:24:29.36
of Puerto Cabezas
is on the horizon.
00:24:29.40\00:24:32.20
Just a few short
miles and they will be
00:24:32.23\00:24:34.80
safely on the ground again.
00:24:34.84\00:24:36.81
Clint reviews
his landing procedure
00:24:37.31\00:24:39.27
to insure everything
is prepared for landing.
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.84
The runway is a
welcome sight to all.
00:24:50.99\00:24:53.42
Clint makes his
final turn and lines up
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.92
with the runway for landing.
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.83
This is a nice long runway,
so he has plenty of room to land
00:24:58.29\00:25:02.53
the small plane.
00:25:02.56\00:25:03.90
The patients in the back of the
aircraft awake as they can feel
00:25:04.63\00:25:08.24
that their journey
is almost at the end.
00:25:08.27\00:25:10.94
Clint lowers the
plane till finally he feels
00:25:11.64\00:25:14.34
the wheels touch the ground.
00:25:14.38\00:25:16.98
They have arrived safely!
00:25:17.01\00:25:19.75
Clint taxies over to
the terminal area, where
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emergency medical staff await.
00:25:28.36\00:25:30.13
Everyone here knows Clint well
00:25:30.43\00:25:32.46
since they work
together so frequently.
00:25:32.49\00:25:34.76
The patients seemed to have
fared well during the flight.
00:25:34.80\00:25:38.70
The ambulance drives on
to the tarmac, pulls right up
00:25:38.73\00:25:42.50
next to the plane.
00:25:42.54\00:25:43.87
The paramedics spring into
action to disembark the patients
00:25:43.91\00:25:48.84
Clint helps the nurse and
young boy out of the plane.
00:25:48.88\00:25:52.91
The young girl will need
a stretcher for transport.
00:25:52.95\00:25:55.98
Like before, they must
be very careful as they move
00:25:56.58\00:26:00.02
the young girl.
00:26:00.06\00:26:01.39
The severity of her
fractured back is unknown
00:26:01.42\00:26:04.16
and any wrong
moves could paralyze her.
00:26:04.19\00:26:07.36
Inch by inch they move the young
girl's body from the airplane,
00:26:07.86\00:26:12.17
onto the stretcher.
00:26:12.20\00:26:13.84
The process
proves to be difficult,
00:26:14.64\00:26:16.57
since they cannot
bend her legs or torso.
00:26:16.60\00:26:19.74
Ever so carefully, they
manage to transfer the child
00:26:21.51\00:26:24.71
out of the plane
and into the ambulance.
00:26:24.75\00:26:28.35
They have no time to waste;
they must get these children
00:26:30.19\00:26:33.25
to the hospital immediately.
00:26:33.29\00:26:34.96
It's just a 5 minute drive from
the airport to the hospital.
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The streets clear, as
the villagers hear the sound
00:26:38.83\00:26:41.80
of the ambulance siren.
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.43
Once inside the hospital gates,
the young patients are pulled
00:26:43.97\00:26:48.17
from the
ambulance and carried in.
00:26:48.20\00:26:50.31
The hospital is very busy today,
but they have cleared beds
00:26:50.71\00:26:54.91
for these two critical patients.
00:26:54.94\00:26:57.05
After a journey that took less
than 2 hours, the young patients
00:26:57.08\00:27:01.38
are at a point where they
can receive the medical care,
00:27:01.42\00:27:04.09
that will save their lives.
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.45
Doctors waste no time in
treating the young patients.
00:27:06.76\00:27:09.76
Both children were fortunate to
reach this hospital so quickly.
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Clint: The Miskito
people are extremely thankful
00:27:16.53\00:27:18.63
that we are here.
00:27:18.67\00:27:20.00
They are very very happy with
the work that we do and they are
00:27:20.04\00:27:23.54
very thankful that we are able
to help them when they need it.
00:27:23.57\00:27:27.61
A lot of the people that we
actually help, the actual people
00:27:27.64\00:27:30.85
that we are flying, are
often too sick to even realize
00:27:30.88\00:27:34.05
what we are doing, who we
are and why we are flying.
00:27:34.08\00:27:37.05
But the people around
them, the people that are
00:27:37.09\00:27:39.29
accompanying
them, they understand.
00:27:39.32\00:27:40.96
And they often thank us.
And they are very thankful
00:27:40.99\00:27:45.63
and grateful.
00:27:45.66\00:27:47.00
And I do tell them that
it's not anybody in Nicaragua,
00:27:47.03\00:27:50.73
who is paying for it.
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.10
No government, no hospital is
paying for this, it's the people
00:27:52.13\00:27:55.77
in America, the fellow
Christians, who are sending
00:27:55.80\00:27:58.27
money down to pay for
the gasoline and help keep
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.88
the airplane
flying, that's helping them.
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Narrator: All around the world,
thousands of critically ill
00:28:04.51\00:28:07.02
people die simply
because they are so remote,
00:28:07.05\00:28:11.15
that they cannot
reach medical care in time.
00:28:11.19\00:28:13.42
Adventist World Aviation
seeks to diminish those numbers
00:28:15.49\00:28:18.56
and provide lifesaving med-evac
flights, to every single person
00:28:18.59\00:28:23.20
in need, that our missionaries
come in contact with.
00:28:23.23\00:28:27.00
Thereby opening the
door to share with them,
00:28:27.04\00:28:29.80
the love of Jesus.
00:28:29.84\00:28:32.47
And with God's blessings, we
will be able to reach more souls
00:28:32.81\00:28:37.31
as we continue to grow
our projects into these
00:28:37.35\00:28:40.92
more difficult to
reach areas of the world!
00:28:40.95\00:28:44.65