100202-N-1525C-070 ABOARD USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20), At Anchor (Feb. 2, 2010) Haitian national Antonio Jeanite is reunited with his three-month-old daughter, Christ-Yarah, aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Feb. 2. "I am very happy," said Jeanite. "It has been seven days since I sent my daughter to another hospital." The reunion was helped along by Port-au-Prince native Fireman Jean Rabel, a Navy translator working aboard Comfort, and Lt. j.g. Joe Fiscus of Rochester, Pa. Sailors and civilians aboard Comfort are currently supporting Operation Unified Response, a multinational humanitarian effort to bring aid to the people of Haiti in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW/AW) J. L. Chirrick/Released)
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