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VSRDA Member Teresa MacPherson, deployed to Haiti as a member of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, also called Virginia - Task Force 1, to assist in the search for live victims.
VA-TF1 is credited with rescuing 16 people trapped in the rubble in Haiti, after being deployed for 15-days. Most notably, VA-TF1 rescued a United Nations guard, hours after setting to work in Haiti. To see video footage of the rescue, click here.
Teresa has been working in Search & Rescue for almost 17-years, and has 3 operational dogs with VSRDA, Banks, Georgia & Keys.
Fox News of DC interviewed Teresa as she returned home with more than 100 rescue workers from VA-TF1. (see video). MacPherson was also interviwed by ABC News affiliate, WJLA, in her preperation to deploy to Haiti on 14 Jan 2010. (see video).
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Watch the Videos:
FOX NEWS: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/fairfax-search-rescue-returns-haiti-012810
ABC NEWS: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0110/696009_video.html?ref=newsstory
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW5_0AxbAdE
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA4f4UvhIu8
Banks works the Montana Hotel in Port au Prince.
Banks is welcomed home warmly on 28 Jan, 2010 after 15 days deployed in Haiti.
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