VIDEO: It helped carry thousands of people in medical emergencies through Albuquerque for years. Now the city is donating a decommissioned ambulance to help thousands of people in the war-torn country of Ukraine.
“I want to thank everyone who helped us, who stay with Ukraine,” said Nataliya Edelman, with Ukrainian Americans of New Mexico.
The second largest city in Ukraine will soon have a piece of New Mexico’s largest city helping on its streets. AFR is donating a decommissioned ambulance which will now make its way to the sister city of Kharkiv. “A first time a city such as Albuquerque entered into that type of relationship with a city in crisis,” said Max Gruner, CABQ economic development director.
The unit has been helping Albuquerque out since 2011 and now, it heads thousands of miles away to help those in Kharkiv, Ukraine.