[HCRA] Fw: [YCCC] Ham Radio on NPR

[Rick Lindquist, N1RL]

Thanks, Dan. Ben did a super job in his NPR interview. We heard about
this incident from his club, and I included this vignette in the last
Katrina story on the ARRL Web site:

Long-Distance Ham Radio Rescue 

A call for help that involved a combination of cell telephone calls and
Amateur Radio was instrumental in saving 15 people stranded by
floodwaters on the roof of a house in New Orleans. Unable to get through
an overloaded 911 system, one of those stranded called a relative in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That individual, in turn, called another
relative, Sybil Hayes in Broken Arrow , Oklahoma, whose 81-year-old aunt
Helen Lelzx was among those clinging to the roof along with other family
members. 

Hayes called the American Red Cross chapter, which contacted the Tulsa
Repeater Organization. Using the Red Cross chapter's well-equipped
amateur station, TRO member Ben Joplin, WB5VST, was able to relay a
request for help on the 20-meter SATERN net via stations in Oregon and
Idaho to Louisiana, where the ARES net contacted emergency personnel who
rescued the 15 people. 

"When all else fails, Amateur Radio works is more than a catchy tag
line," says TRO's Mark Conklin, N7XYO. "It's a lifeline." He said as of
late Monday evening, Lelxz and the others on the roof were safe at a Red
Cross shelter. 

73, Rick, N1RL

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> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4824598
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> Good media coverage on National Public Radio tonight about
> WB5VST relaying emergency hurricane traffic.
> 
> Ray N1RY
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