Project Dynamo, the organization that helped Florida evacuate Americans from Israel after the Hamas attack, is retracting its CEO's statement that the state's intervention made the evacuation harder.
, the organization the State of Florida has worked with to evacuate Americans from Israel in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack, is walking back statements reportedly made by its CEO suggesting the state’s intervention has complicated the evacuation efforts.After the first major evacuation facilitated by the State of Florida and Project Dynamo of roughly 270 Americans from Israel, Project Dynamo CEO Bryan Stern sang the praises of Governor Ron DeSantis.
The article claims dozens of evacuees were stuck in Cyprus for multiple days while awaiting final passage to the US and Stern blamed Florida for a number of issues during the evacuation effort. In a recent media article, we were quoted out of context and want to express our deep appreciation for Governor DeSantis and his swift decision to help save Americans. The Governor clearly cares about Floridians and Americans and we applaud his support.
“As far as we know, this is the only time in history that a state stepped up to evacuate American citizens from a war zone due to the federal government’s failure. We are proud of this work. While we always look at our operations to determine best practices, we will review these international rescue operations after this activation,” said a spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management in an emailed statement.
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