2/5/2010   Joe is sitting in the West Palm Beach airport this afternoon waiting for a 6:00 p.m. flight on American Airlines to take him to Omaha, via Dallas, arriving 11:00 tonight. The dog and I are soon leaving to pick him up. He missed his connecting 12:15 p.m. flight. The small jet he was on this morning had to refuel on an island (that's what he told me) after they left Port au Prince. He said he has been superbly impressed with the skill and dedication of the teams of doctors and nurses he's worked with these last 2 weeks. They were not able to transfer the young female patient to the USS Comfort. He told me her injuries will leave her paralyzed if she can't get the highly advanced help she needs. One little girl among many ... thousands ... hundreds of thousands ... but he knows her name and face. And that makes it very real.