CBS Evening News - 1992-08-28 - Hurricane Andrew
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[0:01] [Music]
[0:03] Operation Storm Relief. Thousands of US
[0:06] troops move into South Florida to help
[0:08] victims of Hurricane Andrew.
[0:10] Credit card holders beware. Criminals
[0:13] may have your number.
[0:16] And Eye on America tonight. This country
[0:19] is moving into new territory.
[0:21] [Applause]
[0:22] [Music]
[0:24] This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:28] [Music]
[0:32] Good evening everyone. I'm Edie Magnus
[0:33] sitting in tonight for Dan Rather. The
[0:35] US Army swung into action in South
[0:37] Florida today. One day after state
[0:40] officials complained about the federal
[0:42] government's slow response to Hurricane
[0:44] Andrew, soldiers were dishing up hot
[0:46] food to hungry survivors, helping them
[0:48] meet their most basic needs. Jazelle
[0:51] Fernandez is at Homestead Air Force
[0:53] Base. At daybreak, the massive military
[0:56] airlift began. 141 out there.
[0:59] >> At its peak, a steady air convoy of
[1:02] military relief jets roared in the skies
[1:04] above a devastated South Florida with
[1:06] planes landing every 15 to 30 minutes.
[1:09] 7,000 GIS bringing food, water,
[1:11] generators, and unlimited supplies.
[1:13] >> Cranes, bulldozers, just anything you
[1:16] can imagine that might be needed to
[1:17] clean up after a hurricane and to keep
[1:18] people alive and function and restore
[1:20] their lives.
[1:21] >> A cavalcade of US soldiers from the 82nd
[1:23] Airborne wasted no time transporting the
[1:26] aid. I think it's nice we get a chance
[1:27] to help some of our people then all the
[1:30] ways going out helping somebody else in
[1:31] another country.
[1:32] >> Everywhere relief efforts poured in.
[1:35] >> Like spaghetti?
[1:36] >> Yes, I love spaghetti.
[1:38] >> Air cargo was quickly transformed into
[1:40] mobile kit