NO DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE ISLAND AND HELP IS COMING TO PEOPLE IN JAMAICA FROM A WELL KNOWN ATTORNEY IN ORLANDO AND NANCY. THIS MORNING, DAN NEWLAND LOADED UP HIS PLANE WITH SUPPLIES AND FLEW THEM TO THE ISLAND. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN TELLS US NEWLAND IS WORKING WITH A REGGAE ARTIST TO GET HELP TO THE HOSPITALS. HE’S LIKE, YEAH, WE SHOULD GET DOWN THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DAN NEWLAND TOLD ME HIS FRIEND, RECORDING ARTIST SHAGGY, REACHED OUT TO HIM. SHAGGY’S FROM JAMAICA AND HAS A CHARITY THAT PROVIDES FUNDING TO A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL THERE. THEY’RE WORKING TOGETHER TO SEND AID TO HOSPITALS AND PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE DEVASTATION OF HURRICANE MELISSA. BUT WE DIDN’T KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS REALLY GOING TO BE. WE STARTED GETTING PHOTOS OF THE HOSPITALS IN JAMAICA THAT WERE LIKE FOUR FEET OF WATER. THE CHILDREN LITERALLY ON THEIR HOSPITAL BEDS, BEING MOVED THROUGH LIKE A LAKE TO GET IN AND OUT. ALL OF THESE FOLKS WORK AT NEWLANDS LAW FIRM, AND THEY BOUGHT AND GATHERED ALL OF THESE SUPPLIES, THEN SHOWED UP HERE EARLY THIS MORNING TO LOAD THEM ONTO THE PLANE. OUR PEOPLE WERE AMAZING. THEY HIT TARGET, WALGREENS, WALMART, INSTACART, MY DAUGHTER, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SHE’S 20 YEARS OLD. SHE KNOWS HOW TO GO ONLINE AND GET STUFF DONE. SO WE HAD PALLETS OF FOOD DELIVERED LAST NIGHT. IN JUST A FEW HOURS. THEY HAD MORE THAN 500 POUNDS OF FOOD, WATER AND DIAPERS, PLUS MEDICINE DONATED BY DOCTORS. THEY FILLED UP NEWLANDS PRIVATE JET AND IT’S ALL HEADING TO KINGSTON, WHERE GROUPS WILL HAUL THEM OUT TO PARTS HIT THE HARDEST BY THE STORM. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SEVERAL TRIPS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE TRIPS PLANNED, AND SO WE’RE GOING TO START THERE AND SEE HOW IT GOES. NEWLAND ALSO HAS A CONNECTION TO JAMAICA. HE HAS DONATED MONEY TO BUY EQUIPMENT AT A HOSPITAL THAT DOES HEART SURGERY FOR CHILDREN THERE, AND HE’S HOPING THAT EVERYONE STEPS UP TO HELP THE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND WHO NEED IT NOW. IT’S A WAY TO REMIND PEOPLE LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING LIKE THREE HOURS FROM HERE, AND WE CAN ALL MAYBE FIND A WAY TO CHIP IN OR DO SOMETHING COOL TO HELP THEM OUT. COVERING O
Relief flight leaving from Orlando to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
Updated: 12:29 PM EDT Oct 30, 2025
Dan Newlin, a well-known Orlando lawyer, is flying 500 pounds of supplies to Jamaica, which was hit hard by Hurricane Melissa, with musician Shaggy to assist in relief efforts.Newlin plans to take off from Orlando, then head to Miami to pick up Shaggy, who is from Jamaica, before delivering the supplies. The aid includes medicine, diapers, food and water, which Newlin’s team gathered in just a few hours.The plan is to fly the supplies to Kingston and then transport them to a relief area near the part of Jamaica that suffered the most damage from the hurricane.Shaggy, who has a charitable organization called the Make a Difference Foundation, will lead the mission to ensure the supplies reach those in need.”He is going to go into the devastation area and actually play a very personal role. He plans on staying there. I’m going to be doing the transporting of goods so I’ll be coming back here and then go back while he actually works his way into the area that has the most destruction,” Newlin said.Newlin’s team has two planes they will be using and expects to make several flights to Jamaica to bring in more aid as it arrives.The first flight is scheduled to depart at 9 a.m. this morning.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Dan Newlin, a well-known Orlando lawyer, is flying 500 pounds of supplies to Jamaica, which was hit hard by Hurricane Melissa, with musician Shaggy to assist in relief efforts.
Newlin plans to take off from Orlando, then head to Miami to pick up Shaggy, who is from Jamaica, before delivering the supplies.
The aid includes medicine, diapers, food and water, which Newlin’s team gathered in just a few hours.
The plan is to fly the supplies to Kingston and then transport them to a relief area near the part of Jamaica that suffered the most damage from the hurricane.
Shaggy, who has a charitable organization called the Make a Difference Foundation, will lead the mission to ensure the supplies reach those in need.
“He is going to go into the devastation area and actually play a very personal role. He plans on staying there. I’m going to be doing the transporting of goods so I’ll be coming back here and then go back while he actually works his way into the area that has the most destruction,” Newlin said.
Newlin’s team has two planes they will be using and expects to make several flights to Jamaica to bring in more aid as it arrives.
The first flight is scheduled to depart at 9 a.m. this morning.