U.S., Mexican officials stress cooperation during binational disaster drill [Video]

JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – The nightmare scenario a few hundred yards from the border wall was but a simulation. The swift Mexican and U.S. response was not.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake had struck as thousands of fans cheered for their team in a packed Juarez soccer stadium. Metal beams and boards littered the stands. Victims were under the rubble.

As soon as the Mexican government called for help, American Blackhawks were flying across the border and hovering over Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium.

A soldier sent down a rope from 75 feet in the air and Mexican first responders attached it to a victim of the collapse. The rescuers motioned with their arms and the helicopter crew pulled up the victim. Crews then flew the individual in critical condition to a mobile field hospital in a south Juarez military base.

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