The island had a total infrastructure collapse. Patients languished in hospitals without power. Damaged roads made it impossible for people to get dialysis. Medical specialists were virtually nonexistent. We know because we've talked to these families washingtonpost.com/national/study…
This was four days after the storm: Hot, isolated, and running out of supplies, parts of Puerto Rico near desperation wapo.st/2fKv9WS?tid=ss…
I walked through sweltering intensive care units where incubated patients were melting under individual fans wapo.st/2xAUPzz?tid=ss…
Some people went more than 10 months without power. It was the longest and largest power outage in modern U.S. history washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/…
A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that FEMA staff shortages and a lack of trained personnel slowed the government response to Puerto Rico. FEMA was vastly unprepared and overwhelmed. washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
We saw first-hand the logistical challenges FEMA faced days after the storm. One team I encountered struggled to transmit information and get around without phone reception. Most of them did not speak Spanish and had never been to PR. wapo.st/2xuj2aC?tid=ss…
