1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,400 when typhoon hit I was in Anchorage , 3 00:00:08,410 --> 00:00:12,240 visiting family I saw on facebook the 4 00:00:12,250 --> 00:00:16,010 damage , the unreal amount of water is 5 00:00:16,010 --> 00:00:19,620 going to the lower part of Galvin to me ? 6 00:00:19,630 --> 00:00:21,686 I couldn't , you know , no words can 7 00:00:21,686 --> 00:00:23,940 express what I'm feeling for the people 8 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:27,460 I grew up with . The damage from 9 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:30,880 typhoon murbach was really overwhelming . 10 00:00:30,890 --> 00:00:34,870 We had never seen storm surges that 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,810 came up so high . Uh people were , 12 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:40,990 you know , actually fearing for their 13 00:00:40,990 --> 00:00:44,930 lives . I felt bad but 14 00:00:44,930 --> 00:00:47,097 then at the time I couldn't do nothing 15 00:00:47,097 --> 00:00:49,190 because I'm 1100 miles away and then 16 00:00:49,190 --> 00:00:51,246 all the whole time you're thinking , 17 00:00:51,246 --> 00:00:53,357 man , what you know the whole anybody 18 00:00:53,357 --> 00:00:55,079 hurt before you know everybody 19 00:00:55,079 --> 00:00:57,380 evacuated and then you heard 20 00:00:57,380 --> 00:00:59,547 everybody's safe , then you get a sigh 21 00:00:59,547 --> 00:01:01,960 of relief . But then the damage , you 22 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,220 know something you you held on to and 23 00:01:05,220 --> 00:01:07,498 work hard for throughout your lifetime , 24 00:01:07,498 --> 00:01:09,664 you know , your house , your household 25 00:01:09,664 --> 00:01:13,020 items is gone . It's you know , 26 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:15,020 something you can't build overnight 27 00:01:15,020 --> 00:01:17,020 took a lifetime to build and now 28 00:01:17,020 --> 00:01:19,131 they've got to do it all over again . 29 00:01:19,131 --> 00:01:21,940 And you know , it's definitely hard 30 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:34,580 when the Army National Guard came here 31 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:36,830 in the Air Force , you know , it's 32 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,070 uplifting because it's our country 33 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,290 helping out local people in a small 34 00:01:41,290 --> 00:01:44,850 village of only 100 and 80 people . You 35 00:01:44,850 --> 00:01:46,739 know , you see it all the time in 36 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:48,710 Louisiana and florida but then you 37 00:01:48,710 --> 00:01:50,821 never thought it would happen here at 38 00:01:50,821 --> 00:01:53,240 least for me . But when they came here 39 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:55,472 and then you hear local people saying , 40 00:01:55,472 --> 00:01:57,472 man , it's awesome to see them work 41 00:01:57,472 --> 00:01:59,583 hard without complaining . You know , 42 00:01:59,583 --> 00:02:01,750 they're like we're here to help . They 43 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:03,806 went out of their way asking , hey , 44 00:02:03,806 --> 00:02:05,861 should we move this ? Should we move 45 00:02:05,861 --> 00:02:08,028 this ? You know , throughout the whole 46 00:02:08,028 --> 00:02:10,890 community and it was , you know , 47 00:02:10,890 --> 00:02:13,190 really heart felt that they were here 48 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:16,890 to help and people were , you know , 49 00:02:16,890 --> 00:02:20,540 really inundated with emotion and , 50 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:22,661 and you know , it was hard to get out 51 00:02:22,661 --> 00:02:25,640 of that in the depression after the 52 00:02:25,650 --> 00:02:28,030 aftermath of that storm , you know , so 53 00:02:28,030 --> 00:02:30,200 it was really uplifting to have extra 54 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,640 people coming to help . It's been 55 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:35,862 awesome because I have friends that are 56 00:02:35,862 --> 00:02:38,050 an air force and I tell stories from 57 00:02:38,050 --> 00:02:40,272 two different worlds . Like you grew up 58 00:02:40,272 --> 00:02:42,328 in the city , I grew up in a village 59 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:44,383 and they get to see my village and I 60 00:02:44,383 --> 00:02:46,383 always got to see their city . It's 61 00:02:46,383 --> 00:02:48,439 good as friendship . You built , you 62 00:02:48,439 --> 00:02:50,494 built a friendship . I would like to 63 00:02:50,494 --> 00:02:53,620 say to the uh to the National Guard Air 64 00:02:53,620 --> 00:02:55,398 Guard that you know , that this 65 00:02:55,398 --> 00:02:58,680 community is really indebted to your 66 00:02:58,690 --> 00:03:02,020 service , to help our community , took 67 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:04,310 the time out of their lives to um , you 68 00:03:04,310 --> 00:03:06,940 know , volunteer to , for this position 69 00:03:06,950 --> 00:03:09,430 to help our community and we're really 70 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,260 grateful for , we're having that to the 71 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:16,800 army into the Air Force man , it's been 72 00:03:16,810 --> 00:03:19,990 awesome from day one working with you 73 00:03:19,990 --> 00:03:22,268 guys , You know , you guys have family , 74 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:24,434 you're taking your time away from your 75 00:03:24,434 --> 00:03:26,570 family to help out people that are in 76 00:03:26,570 --> 00:03:29,440 need and that is a great feeling . I 77 00:03:29,450 --> 00:03:32,270 know I stepped away from a job just to 78 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,490 be here to psych you guys , and it's 79 00:03:34,490 --> 00:03:37,730 definitely heartwarming to see that 80 00:03:37,730 --> 00:03:39,952 happen and to come back to where I grew 81 00:03:39,952 --> 00:03:40,950 up . It's amazing .