And in one more story on the BDF tonight, we spoke to General David Jones about the little told story of BDF heroism on the night that Hurricane Earl hit one month ago. In an under-publicized mission, eight BDF soldiers left Price Barracks – which was taking a battering from the storm – and went to Vista Del Mar where they braved extreme and life threatening weather conditions to save 56 people who were being flooded out of their homes. We have the interview subtitled, since our microphone was having technical difficulties:
Brig. Gen David Jones - Commander - BDF
"Where we got the call that people were in danger of drowning and needed rescue; so, we sent the soldiers there during that strong wind, the strong rain and debris flying all over the street in the area."
"And there was a lot of water, the water had risen pretty high, so they were walking up to chest height, water was going into people’s homes. For the most part electricity was gone, so the people that were rescued, some of them, if it wasn’t for them having flashlights, and torches, flashing them up in the air, the soldiers wouldn't have known where they were."
"It was a challenging task for the soldiers who went out there; it was life risking, but they were brave."
The rescued persons were taken to the Ladyville shelter and the Ladyville police station.
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