{"id":373635,"date":"2026-08-17T12:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373635\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:34:11","slug":"aid-flight-from-central-florida-heads-to-colombia-after-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373635\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid flight from Central Florida heads to Colombia after earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aid flight from Central Florida heads to Colombia after deadly earthquake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/d0c617b3-c4b6-46ee-a378-7fdf663f30ff\" aria-label=\"Olivia Tyler profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d0c617b3-c4b6-46ee-a378-7fdf663f30ff_1781892333.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Olivia Tyler\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Rescuers in Colombia are continuing to search through rubble one week after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">As of Sunday, nearly 300 people have died in the 7.4-magnitude quake. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">On Monday, two planes carrying over 3,000 pounds of medical supplies, along with a dozen surgeons and ICU nurses, are set to arrive in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, from Central Florida.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The aid, coordinated by AdventHealth, the Colombian government and local attorney Dan Newlin, was initially scheduled to leave last week but was delayed due to unrest in the country.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Officials said thousands of buildings have been damaged and that the country is facing an aid shortage, making some emergency surgeries impossible. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The supplies being sent aim to address these critical needs, while the first responders traveling to Colombia will provide assistance on the ground, particularly in remote areas.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">On Sunday, volunteers in Kissimmee organized a donation drive to support Colombians affected by the disaster.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">\u201cThis could happen to anybody here,\u201d said Ingrid Vergara, owner of El Tropico Restaurant.  \u201cThere\u2019s no homes, there\u2019s no hospitals. So, that\u2019s why we need help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Representatives behind Monday\u2019s flight said plans are already in place for the planes to return to Orlando immediately after the drop-off to prepare for a follow-up flight with additional supplies for Colombia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aid flight from Central Florida heads to Colombia after deadly earthquake ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Rescuers in Colombia are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[150819,150818,4528,9227,150820,48959,89135,20334,28,30,29,217,10258,19523,5125,16508,988,7194,1456],"class_list":["post-373635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aid-flight","tag-central-florida-head","tag-colombia","tag-country","tag-deadly-earthquake","tag-earthquake","tag-fields","tag-flight","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-monday","tag-plane","tag-rescuer","tag-sunday","tag-supply","tag-thousand","tag-volunteer","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}