Ryan Gray, from the K9 Search and Rescue NI charity, is leading a team to assist in the search effort, preparing to travel from Northern Ireland tomorrow
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The self-funded charity has been running for five years and has worked in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, including at the scene of the devastating service station explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal, last year.He has been involved with search and rescue for 14 years, including working for the Coastguard.
"We've trained in California, at the UK fire service college, and due to train in Kosovo next month. We're a team that is hungry to learn from everyone, and we like to think we're one of the most professional search and rescue dog teams in the UK. "We will fly to Turkey on Friday with the dogs but really have no idea of the scale of devastation we will face upon arrival," Mr Gray said.
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