Rescue Mission: Puerto Rico to Union Island in the Caribbean

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A couple weeks ago my friend got a phone call from these guys, these paramedics, this rescue team. They were stuck in Puerto Rico and they were trying to figure out how to get to Union Island in the middle of the Caribbean. They asked my friend, can you help us? 

But the rescue team needed more help. They needed fuel. There was a lady walking through the airport who spotted the recue team and she wanted to help. This Panamanian lady just landed on a jet and for their fuel she wrote a check.

And so, to make a long story short, my friend flew the rescue team down to Union Island. The rescue team was within five minutes of being the earliest team to respond to the disaster, Hurricane Beryl.