this time there is a sign that help has arrived. half an hour earlier, customs and border protection agents deployed from san juan, two and a half weeks after the storm, to deliver fema s aid to hurricane survivors in need. why is it so important to go by air versus by land for that place in particular? it s pretty far up the mountains. it s a pretty good community and there s also a hospital there. this team has been flying over hurricane devastation for weeks. you know, we did harvey and irma, and i think the thing that is striking is how much on a larger scale this is compared to those. they seem to be a little more isolated and this seems like the entire island was really devastated. wheels touch down, engines do not stop.
so many lives have changed in puerto rico since hurricane maria hit. our leyla santiago visited a small town to see how residents there are coping. reporter: these winds are nothing compared to maria s wrath for the people of lares. this time, they re a sign that help has arrived. half an hour earlier, customs and border protection agents deployed from san juan, two and a half weeks after the storm, to deliver fema s aid to hurricane survivors in need. why is it going by air versus by land, for that place in particular? it s pretty far up the mountain. so it s a pretty good community and there s also a hospital there. reporter: this team has been flying over hurricane devastation for weeks. you know, we did harvey and irma. and i think the thing that s
this time, they re a sign that help has arrived. half an hour earlier, customs and border protection agent it s deployed from san juan, 2 1/2 weeks after the storm, to deliver fema s aid to hurricane survivors in need. i got all the power. to go by air versus by land, would that play a part in particular? it s pretty far out, it s a pretty good community and there s also a hospital there. reporter: this team has been flying over hurricane devastation for weeks. we did harvey and irma, and i think the thing that is striking is how much on a larger scale this is, compared to those. they seem to be a little more isolated. and this seems like the entire island was really devastated. reporter: wheels touched down, engines do not stop. unloading begins. ten minutes on the ground.
wrath to the people. this time, they re a sign that help has arrived. half an hour earlier, customs and border protection agents deployed from san juan, 2 1/2 weeks after the storm, to deliver fema s aid to hurricane survivors in need. and now going by air versus by land to that place in particular? it s pretty far and about. it s a pretty good community and there s also a hospital there. reporter: this team has been complying over hurricane devastation for weeks. you know, we did harvey and irma, and i think the thing that s striking is how much on a larger scale this is, compared to those. they seem to be a little more isolated. and this seems like the entire island was really devastated. reporter: wheels it up down, engines do not stop. unloading begins.