National Guard members packaged, served or delivered nearly 44.2 million meals for those in need to include schools and other state or community-based organizations.National Guard members distributed 2 billion items of personal protective equipment from FEMA throughout the nation.Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau. “The National Guard is as busy as it’s been for a very long time, and I’m proud to say we are trained and we are ready,” said Gen. National Guard members are uniquely qualified and ready to support civil authorities in the communities they live and work. And when they do, we just have to swim harder than we’ve ever swum before.This morning, more than 46,500 Air and Army National Guard professionals were supporting the COVID-19 response at the direction of their governors.įorty-four states, three territories and the District of Columbia have been approved for use of federal funds for state missions under Title 32, providing governors with greater flexibility and ensuring National Guard troops remain in the fight longer. Harder than I’ve ever swum before, but in a new direction, because the plan had changed. He continued: 'But, then she let me go, and I swam. That’s how hard I go after the things that I believe in.' 'Because it was getting in the way of what I was there to do. 'And I’m a little embarrassed to say this, but when that gator had me in its mouth, when it was interrupting my plan for the day, in the back of my mind I was annoyed. I wanted to make the video, I wanted to get the word out, I had a plan, a plan that was interrupted by 12’ of prehistoric fury,' La Verde said in the caption of the video Defeat X posted online. 'When I woke up that day, all I could think about was promoting our adventure race. La Verde sets up and participates in multiple outdoor races, including triathlons. It also raises money for charities including cancer research. The footage was captured by a drone pilot who was filming the video for an upcoming race hosted by La Verde's company DefeatX, a company that encourages outdoor activity including biking and swimming. It would be funny if it was a little gator.' 'If you want to see this in any other way than a legit miracle, it's silly of you,' La Verde told ABC Action News. He was discharged from the hospital on August 12, readmitted and discharged again a few days later, but will have to undergo another surgery in the future. La Verde doesn't have bones on the right side of his head and his jaw will remain wired almost shut for the next few weeks. The firefighter suffered injuries to his head and face - including a puncture to his brain. As I opened it, I know that it either I turned it or it turned me, but it was confused just as I was confused - and then it just let go.' When I felt the teeth, I immediately knew then. He told the outlet: 'What I think I did - what I felt like I did - was that I immediately tried to open its jaws. A nearby bystander helped rush the swimmer to the hospital where he immediately went under a six-hour surgery to repair damages done to his skull and face La Verde quickly swam to land where he then dialed 911. In his first interview since the mauling, which has left him without the right side of his skull, La Verde told ABC that as he took a stroke in the water 'all I felt was scales, teeth'.
Air Force Pararescueman, underwent an emergency six-hour surgery to repair damage to his skull and face, and to remove part of his skull from his brain, his family said on a GoFundMe set up to help with medical fees. Incredibly, the experienced triathlete, put his hands inside the alligator's mouth, forced its jaws off his head and chest and swam back to the dock where he called 911 himself before being driven to hospital by a Good Samaritan bystander.Ī drone pilot captured the August 3 attack and escape. Juan Carlos La Verde, 34, was filming an instructional video for a race organized by his outdoor adventure company in Lake Thonotosassa, near Tampa, when he was mauled. This is the incredible moment a firefighter fought off a 12-foot alligator that attacked him as he swam in a Florida lake.
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