How the Connecticut National Guard is helping hurricane victims in Puerto Rico

Dozens of municipalities in Puerto Rico struggling to communicate after Hurricanes Maria and Irma wiped out internet and cell phone service may be in better touch thanks to the Connecticut National Guard. Eight soldiers and five airman flew from the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby on a C-130H cargo plane Tuesday morning, Governor Dannel Malloy announced in a statement. By afternoon the guardsman had set up communications equipment capable of connecting some local, state and federal officials by video, voice and text. "The ability to communicate real time when attempting to assess damage of this magnitude is critical," said Maj. Gen. Thaddeus J. Martin, Adjutant General and Commander of the CT National Guard.

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