Nearly 20,000 pounds of supplies, clothes and food were shipped off from DFW Thursday night to help with earthquake relief in Turkey and Syria.
donations from North TexansThursday night, a flight took off with nearly 20,000 pounds of supplies, such as winter clothing, canned food, baby items and personal hygiene items. Another flight was planned for Friday night as well.Sign up for NBC DFW newsletters"The outpouring of help and donations, such as the magnitude of what you see behind me was an effort from all of Dallas-Fort Worth," said Erdal Sipahi, in front of a Turkish Airlines Cargo plane.
Sipahi, who is president of TURANT, said it took an army of people in North Texas to make this happen. Everything from people donating warehouse space for donations, to others offering semi-trucks to transport the items to the airport.Where to DonateMotif Tile Inc. 3225 Skylane Dr.
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