SORT Rocks

In my seven plus years here in the Piedmont I've come to know a few fine men and women who volunteer for an organization known as SORT-Special Operations Response Team. This team of doctors, nurses, EMT's and other specialists go into the danger zones after terrorist attacks, hurricanes, ice storms, tornadoes and any other disaster you can think of. They have been staged at events like the Olympics and World Summit gatherings. In a word, they're awesome.

The most recent story I did with the team was last week when they returned from Mississippi where Hurricane Katrina did it's damage, only to go on standby for Hurricane Ophelia, and now they're in Texas waiting for Rita. I want to share some of the pictures they brought back from the disaster zone in Mississippi.

This is a casino that is no longer sitting on water, it has been washed inland and is now sitting on land. I don't how they'll get that thing moved.

This is another view of that casino and what it did to another building as it crashed ashore.


This, unfortunately is what most neighborhoods along the coast look like now.

Here's another shot of what used to be a house and Ford Explorer.

Look at how this old house was totally gutted.

Here's one of the doctors taking care of an infant after Katrina hit Mississippi.

This little boy turned one while in a mobile hospital set up by SORT. They celebrated with a banana creme pie with a candle stuck in it.

Doctors doing minor surgery on a chainsaw accident victim.

Thanks to Dr. Roy Alson who shared these pictures with us after returning from Mississippi. And our thoughts and prayers are with the team as they wait for Hurricane Rita to strike Texas. SORT is waiting in San Antonio to be dispatched where needed. I'm glad there are people like them to help in times of need. Thank you SORT.