据报道，上周，佛罗里达的一名亿万富翁和慈善家捐赠了他的游艇，为巴哈马群岛运送了30吨物资，并在飓风多里安摧毁了这些岛屿后营救了几只狗。
汤姆·戈利萨诺将他的船劳雷尔号作为游艇救援全球组织的一个项目的一部分，该组织是一个非营利组织，旨在促进豪华游艇用于救灾工作。
据《那不勒斯每日新闻》报道，9月6日、7日和8日，劳雷尔被用来从巴哈马首都拿骚向大巴哈马的自由港运送水、食物和卫生用品。大巴哈马是遭受灾难性5级风暴袭击最严重的岛屿之一。游艇也被用来从岛上疏散50只狗。
戈利萨诺说:“我很高兴能够帮助这场全球人道主义努力，帮助受飓风多里安影响的人们和一些狗。”。
“劳雷尔和我们由罗伊·霍奇斯船长率领的难以置信的船员们都做了出色的工作，为巴哈马带来了基本的物资，并营救了大约50只狗，这些狗在他们居住的收容所被毁时无家可归。我为他们所有的辛勤工作感到骄傲。我们都将为巴哈马人民祈祷，”他说。
77岁的戈利萨诺是薪资和人力资源公司Paychex的创始人，他于1971年创立了该公司。据福布斯估计，截至2018年，戈利萨诺的净资产约为31亿美元。
这位亿万富翁还是总部位于纽约罗切斯特的光纤互联网服务格林莱特网络的所有者。
戈利萨诺曾是布法罗·萨布里斯曲棍球队的老板，但他在2011年以1.89亿美元的价格卖掉了该队，他甚至三次竞选纽约州长，尽管他的竞选都没有成功。
此外，该商人是戈利萨诺基金会的创始人，该基金会将自己的使命描述为“专门致力于打开机会之门，改变负面看法和陈规定型观念，并建立前所未有的伙伴关系，以确保智力和发展障碍者能够获得个人尊严、独立，并在一生中尽可能最好地表达自己的能力和才能。” 本月早些时候，飓风多里安袭击巴哈马北部，成为5级风暴，持续最高风速为每小时185英里，阵风高达每小时220英里，创下有史以来最强的大西洋飓风登陆记录。
风暴在该地区盘旋了大约48小时，移动非常缓慢，从而加剧了它造成的破坏。根据加勒比灾害应急管理局的数据，上周，官员们估计阿巴科斯岛上大约90%的基础设施遭到破坏或摧毁，而大约15，000人仍然需要食物和住所。
巴哈马国家应急管理局称，目前岛上的死亡人数为50人，但鉴于仍有1 300人被列为失踪人员，这一数字预计将大幅上升。
救援物资于2019年9月11日在巴哈马大巴哈马的自由港从拿骚的皇家加勒比海航海家号上卸下。
A FLORIDA BILLIONAIRE DONATED HIS YACHT TO RESCUE 50 DOGS AND BRING 30 TONS OF SUPPLIES TO THE BAHAMAS
A Florida billionaire and philanthropist donated his yacht to bring 30 tons of supplies to the Bahamas last week and rescue several dogs after Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands, according to reports.
Tom Golisano made his vessel Laurel available to emergency initiatives as part of a program organized by YachtAid Global—a non-profit which facilitates the use of luxury yachts for disaster relief efforts.
Laurel was used to transport water, food and sanitation kits from the Bahamian capital Nassau to Freeport on Grand Bahama—one of the islands that was hardest hit by the catastrophic Category 5 storm—on September 6, 7 and 8, the Naples Daily News reported. The yacht was also used to evacuate 50 dogs from the islands.
"I was very pleased to be able to assist in this global humanitarian effort to help the people and some of the dogs impacted by Hurricane Dorian," Golisano said.
"Laurel and our incredible crew led by Captain Roy Hodges all did an amazing job bringing essential supplies to the Bahamas and rescuing about 50 dogs who were left homeless when the shelter in which they lived was destroyed. I am very proud of all their hard work. We will all keep the people of the Bahamas in our prayers," he said.
Golisano, 77—who is estimated to have a net worth of around $3.1 billion as of 2018, according to Forbes—was the founder of payroll and human resources company Paychex, which he set up in 1971.
The billionaire is also owner of fiber-optic internet service service Greenlight Networks, which has its headquarters in Rochester, New York.
Golisano was a former owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team but he sold the team in 2011 for a price of $189 million, and he even ran three times for Governor of New York, although his campaigns were all unsuccessful.
Furthermore, the businessman is a founder of the Golisano Foundation which describes its mission as being "devoted exclusively to opening doors to opportunity, changing negative perceptions and stereotypes, and forging unprecedented partnerships to ensure individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have pathways to personal dignity, independence and the best possible expression of their abilities and talents throughout their lifetimes."
Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a Category 5 storm earlier this month with sustained maximum wind speeds of 185 miles per hour and gusts of up to 220 miles per hour—tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall.
The storm hovered over the region for around 48 hours, moving very slowly, thus exacerbating the damage it caused. Last week, officials estimated that around 90 percent of the infrastructure on the Abacos is damaged or destroyed, while around 15,000 are still in need of food and shelter, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.
The current death toll on the islands currently stands at 50 people, however, this figure is expected to rise significantly given that 1,300 people are still listed as missing, according to the Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency.
