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Vital supplies headed to Ukrainian refugees in Poland from Aurora Airport in Sugar Grove

By Mark Welsh - Daily Herald Media Group
Employees from Revv Aviation located at the Aurora Municipal Airport load up bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches which will be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees.

Employees from Revv Aviation located at the Aurora Municipal Airport load up bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches which will be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

Approximately 50 bags containing vital supplies for the Ukrainian refugees were flown out of the Aurora Municipal Airport in a twin-prop plane on Tuesday morning.

Approximately 50 bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches are lined up and will be packed a plane's fuselage and will then be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees.

Approximately 50 bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches are lined up and will be packed a plane's fuselage and will then be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

Volunteers, including Aurora Deputy Mayor Guillermo Trujillo, gathered at the airport in Sugar Grove to load the heavy black canvas bags into the plane’s fuselage as Rene Koehler Berger with Crisis Response International of Blue Ridge, Virginia, described the contents.

“The majority is mostly medical, including combat gear, solar mylar blankets, medical boots, tourniquets, lanterns with chargers and crutches,” Koehler Berger said.

Employees from Revv Aviation located at the Aurora Municipal Airport load up bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches which will be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees.

Employees from Revv Aviation located at the Aurora Municipal Airport load up bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches which will be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

She said the supplies are heading to a shelter house south of Krakow, Poland.

Approximately 50 bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches are lined up and will be packed a plane's fuselage and will then be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. These items were packed out of the bags in the storage compartment in the left wing included shampoo and others soap items. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

“It’s a safe, warm place, which is super important, located near medical tents right on the border,” Koehler Berger said. So when refugees cross over from Ukraine into Poland, they can get assistance, she added.

Approximately 50 bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches are lined up and will be packed a plane's fuselage (not plane pictured) and will then be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees.

Approximately 50 bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches are lined up and will be packed a plane's fuselage (not plane pictured) and will then be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

Aurora Airport tenant Revv Aviation, formerly known as Carver Aero, donated the use of one of its King Air 350 airplanes. The plane was retrofitted to accommodate the numerous canvas bags for the humanitarian mission. The supplies were flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, then transferred to an international flight to Poland.

Bag of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches are packed in the plane's fuselage carefully and will then be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

The supplies were collected, in part, by members of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club.

City of Aurora Deputy Mayor Guillermo Trujillo loads up bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches which will be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees.

City of Aurora Deputy Mayor Guillermo Trujillo loads up bags of supplies that include toiletries, combat gear that includes tourniquets, medical supplies and crutches which will be flown to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City then on to Poland for the Ukrainian refugees. (Mark Welsh mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)


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