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A U.S. Coast Guardsman from USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) tends to an injured Haitian woman off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as he prepares her for transport aboard a Coast Guard helicopter for additional medical treatment on Jan. 17, 2010. Haiti was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010.

A U.S. Coast Guardsman tends to an injured Haitian woman.

A U.S. Coast Guardsman from USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) tends to an injured Haitian woman off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as he prepares her for transport aboard a Coast Guard helicopter for additional medical treatment on Jan. 17, 2010. Haiti was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010.

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