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<div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx gmail-_2vxa"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>UPDATE:</b></span></font></div><h3 class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_50a1 gmail-_2vxa"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">Honor Flight Pittsburgh leadership and the Board of the National Honor Flight Network have been closely monitoring guidance from the health authorities concerning COVID-19. On March 10, 2020, the Board held an emergency meeting concerning this developing situation and discussed the CDC’s recently issued advisory that adults over the age of 60 are particularly at risk of infection and should avoid all non-essential travel.</span></font></h3><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx gmail-_2vxa"><font size="2">In consideration of the CDC’s guidance and t<span class="gmail-text_exposed_show">he serious nature of the public health threat posed by COVID-19, we will postpone our April 25th, 2020 trip. We will continue to monitor CDC guidance over the coming weeks to determine if further postponement is necessary.</span></font></div><div class="gmail-text_exposed_show"><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx gmail-_2vxa"><font size="2">We value the health and safety of our veterans, their guardians, and everyone who supports the Honor Flight trips above all else. The decision to postpone all Honor Flight travel has not been made lightly.</font></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx gmail-_2vxa"><font size="2">This is an unprecedented and challenging time because of the uncertainties and risks associated with COVID-19. We are particularly concerned about the susceptibility of our elderly veterans to infectious diseases. Many veterans who make Honor Flight trips have serious, chronic medical conditions like heart disease, diabetes, COPD or lung disease that leave them even more vulnerable to COVID-19. In addition, many of these veterans live in community settings, such as a retirement home or assisted living facility, where the risk of spread is extremely high. While we realize that many veterans feel a sense of urgency to make a trip to their memorials before it is too late to do so, we simply cannot travel under the present circumstances.</font></div></div><font size="2">
</font></div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br clear="all"></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div><div><i>Sincerely,<b><br></b><b><br></b></i><span><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br>Marcella Delayne Sorensen</b></span></i></span></div><div><span><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><font color="#000000">Member of the Board Of Directors</font></span></span></i><div><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Veteran Liaison / HOTH (Help On The Home Front) Director West <br></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Pennsylvania Patriot Guard Riders</span></i></div><div><i><a href="mailto:pgrpa.hoth.west@gmail.com" target="_blank">pgrpa.vetrep.west@gmail.com</a><br><a href="mailto:pgrpa.hoth.west@gmail.com" target="_blank">pgrpa.hoth.west@gmail.com</a><br></i></div><div><i><a href="tel:%28402%29%20290-9589" value="+14022909589" target="_blank">(402) 290-9589</a></i></div></span></div></div><br></span></font><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B0bT66HthJMvTXBzS2FZSFRnWnM&revid=0B0bT66HthJMvbmlTV0dvWTNmK3NCS3ZXVnp0ZjRDMG0xMzdJPQ"></b></i></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>