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Article: After daring rescue, ailing South Pole worker headed to United States
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- September 22, 2003
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AP Worldstream
09-22-2003
Dateline: PUNTA ARENAS, Chile
After his daring rescue from the South Pole, an ailing American research worker left Monday on a flight to the United States for medical treatment, according to an official with a Chilean company involved in the operation.
The Lear jet left from Chile's southernmost city, Punta Arenas, for Houston, Texas, just before 9 a.m. (1300 GMT), said Marcos Delgado, manager of Aerosan, a Chilean company that specializes in air ambulance services and was assisting in the transfer operation.
The plane is to make brief stops in Santiago, for customs and immigration procedures, and then Lima, Peru, and Panama City, Panama, Delgado said. The flight is ...
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