“L.A. Heroes: Untold Stories of Haiti": NBC4 Los Angeles looks at our local "miracle" makers who helped in the living hell in Haiti. Hosted by Robert Kovacik this Sunday at 5 p.m. on Channel 4, Replay at 11:35 p.m.

My amazing (and talented pal) Robert Kovacik from NBC4 News here in Los Angeles...will be hosting a riviting documentary this coming Sunday afternoon that covers the lives of some very special local heroes who provided miracles during the living hell that is now the nation of  Haiti. It will also be replayed at 11:35 p.m. that same day.

 

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake hits Haiti, shattering Port-Au-Prince, the island’s capital and outlying areas. The 72-member Los Angeles County Fire’s Urban Search and Rescue team (USAR) is deployed to help earthquake victims in round-the-clock search-and-rescue missions.

Miraculously, the team, which included firefighters, doctors, structural engineers, firefighters, communications specialists and six search–and-rescue dogs, are able to save nine lives during their two-week mission.

On Sunday, March 14th at 5PM, NBC4 will air “L.A. Heroes: Untold Stories of Haiti,” a half-hour special featuring exclusive, never-before-seen video taken by the USAR team as they heroically free survivors from the twisted metal and concrete of collapsed buildings.

NBC4 Reporter Robert Kovacik is the host of the special, which will also re-air at 11:35PM the same evening.

The emotional rescue of two sisters and a neighbor entombed by tons of collapsed apartment building concrete will be seen for the first time. USAR video will also take viewers inside the void where bank manager Jinette Sainfort lay helplessly trapped beneath the rubble of the bank’s parking garage. Sainfort lost four fingers and suffered a crushed ankle, but still managed to sing a church hymn upon her release to become one of the iconic faces of the Haiti earthquake.

 “L.A. Heroes: Untold Stories of Haiti” reunites Sainfort and her USAR rescuers for the first time since the earthquake. The touching reunion took place via satellite, connecting Sainfort from Florida, where she now lives, and her rescuers in East Los Angeles at the L.A. County Fire Headquarters.

In addition to interviews with USAR members, viewers will also get to learn more about the canine contingent of the team and their handlers. How do they do what they do? How are they utilized? These and many more questions are answered in the special.

“L.A. Heroes: Untold Stories of Haiti” is a “Channel 4 News” production. Rebecca Nieto is the Executive producer. Thomas Bravo and Scott Meadows were the videographers for the special. Dino Castro and Lindsey Jackson served as editors.

Make sure you see this amazing documentary.

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