Relief groups hit major hurdles getting aid to Puerto Rico
By LYDIA DEPILLIS
Posted: 1:47 PM, October 23, 2017
Updated: 2:54 PM, October 23, 2017
... dozens of organizations .. are running into enormous logistical hurdles .. trying to help Puerto Rico.
... citizen response has been extraordinary ...
Transporting goods from church basements and high school auditoriums to an island more than 1,000 miles off the U.S. coastline .. has proven to be a major challenge ...
... volunteers say, the slow speed of road clearing and power restoration have made it more difficult to reach remote communities ...
"It shouldn't be up to the handful of Puerto Rican millionaires in this country to be the U.S. Air Force and FEMA" ...
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