Injured Airlifted Out of Haiti: Raw Video
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Christa Brelsford, a graduate student at Arizona State University, was among the first wave of Haiti earthquake victims airlifted to the United States for medical care.
A native of Alaska, Brelsford was on an 11-day volunteer literacy trip to Dabonne, about 12 miles outside the capital city of Port-au-Prince when the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck.
She said her brother, her boyfriend Julian and she were on the second floor of a house when they felt the earthquake.
Trying to get out of the house, she ran down the stairs but slipped and her legs became trapped in the rubble.
Brelsford was taken by motorcycle to the United Nations base where she was eventually airlifted out of the country and back to the United States.
Doctors at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital amputated her right leg.
Dr. Mark McKenney said Brelsford is one of 11 earthquake victims taken to the hospital, many of whom have fractured bones and punctured lungs.
Tens of thousands of people are believed to have died in the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years.
For more news video by Current TV visit http://current.com/
A native of Alaska, Brelsford was on an 11-day volunteer literacy trip to Dabonne, about 12 miles outside the capital city of Port-au-Prince when the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck.
She said her brother, her boyfriend Julian and she were on the second floor of a house when they felt the earthquake.
Trying to get out of the house, she ran down the stairs but slipped and her legs became trapped in the rubble.
Brelsford was taken by motorcycle to the United Nations base where she was eventually airlifted out of the country and back to the United States.
Doctors at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital amputated her right leg.
Dr. Mark McKenney said Brelsford is one of 11 earthquake victims taken to the hospital, many of whom have fractured bones and punctured lungs.
Tens of thousands of people are believed to have died in the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years.
For more news video by Current TV visit http://current.com/
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futuregen
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Jackson Memorial Hospital is a great hospital. Christa Brelsford will be in great hands. Curtis Clark is a top-notch physical therapist who has specialized in amputees since the 70's.
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