Planes at Sanford jetport airdrop critical supplies to rural communities in western NC

CAMPAIGN DID NOT SAY WHERE

EXACTLY HE'LL BE.

TODAY. VOLUNTEER PILOTS WILL

TAKE MORE SUPPLIES FROM OUR

AREA TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED

IT MOST IN WESTERN NORTH

CAROLINA WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK WAS

AT THE JET PORT IN SANFORD THIS

MORNING WATCHING THE MOMENT

PILOTS TOOK OFF WITH RESOURCES

>> ALL OF THESE ESSENTIAL

SUPPLIES YOU SEE IN FRONT OF

ME WERE DONATED FROM THE

RALEIGH COMMUNITY AND BEYOND

RALLY EXECUTIVE JETPORT HAS

BEEN ACCEPTING DONATIONS SINCE

SUNDAY IN PRIVATE PILOTS HAVE

BEEN FLYING THE SUPPLIES OUT

WEST. WE'RE TOLD ALMOST AS SOON

AS DONATIONS COME IN, THEY'RE

BACK OUT THE DOOR AS OF

YESTERDAY, 10 AIRPLANES MAY

DROP OFFS AND 5,000 POUNDS OF

DONATIONS WERE TAKEN. NOW

ORGANIZERS SAY THEY'RE RELYING

ON THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS

HAPPEN. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE

BRINGING STEFAN BY THE

TRUCKLOADS BY THE CAR, LIDS.

BUT

>> IT'S SUCH A DIRE NEED THAT

EVERYTHING WE'RE GETTING IS

GOING OUT PRETTY MUCH

IMMEDIATELY. SO ALL OF THIS

STUFF THAT YOU SEE HERE, IT'S

GOING TO GO OUT.

RIGHT AWAY.

>> NOW, SOME OF THE MOST NEEDED

SUPPLIES ARE THINGS LIKE

MEDICINE, BABY BOTTLES IN

FORMULA. E YOU CAN MAKE A

DONATION BY DROPPING OFF A BIN

HERE AT THE JET PORT BETWEEN

08:00AM AND 06:00PM EVERY DAY,

HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS IN