City: Elmhurst Data: Couple's home: Mike and Susan Silverstein sold their house and completed eight weeks of training for the mission. |
City: Tenerife Data: Where ship is delayed: This 16,500-ton ship with a crew of 400 from 40 countries is docked in the Canary Islands. The lack of "isolation facilities" close proximity of the crew with people from the destination motivated the delay. |
City: Cotonou Data: Destination: The hospital ship with high-tech equipment and facilities offers free surgeries, health care training as well as dental and eye care had planned to dock at Cotonou, Benin for a 10-month deployment. This specific ship was originally due to dock in Guinea, but it was redirected to Benin fate the Ebola breakout last December. |