wheels up help is on the way
16 year old TJ Kim is delivering
life-saving personal protective
equipment to hospitals battling the
coronavirus many rural hospitals have
fewer resources than those in big cities
and they're struggling financially at
least 170 rural hospitals have closed in
the last 15 years according to the rural
health research program TJ who lives in
McLean Virginia decided he wanted to
help rural hospitals get the life-saving
PPE they need and put his weekly flight
training to good use then came up with
Operation SOS mean supplies over the
skies at this stage TJ who hopes to
attend the Naval Academy is learning to
fly more than 50 miles at a time with
his instructor so he's making every mile
count by delivering glove sanitizer shoe
covers masks and more to hospitals like
this one 120 miles south of Washington
DC every little bit helps and those
receiving the supplies are amazed by the
teens selflessness I just told him that
thankful we are and thank you cuz I
really truly believe as big as this
project is his heart is actually bigger
GJ says the toughest part is rounding up
the supplies but as long as he can find
them he'll keep flying them to where
they're needed most I'm just helping in
whatever way I can and inspiring all of
us in the process
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