After the 2010 Haiti earthquake , Ivankovich and his team airlifted thousands of tons of medical supplies to the country 's capital , Port-au-Prince . He collaborated with Team Rubicon USA to set up mobile forward-assist surgical teams ( F.A.S.T. ) to treat hundreds of Haitians with severe injuries . While making rounds through the multiple tent-city medical camps , he and colleagues from Handicap International discovered nearly 50 patients with severe spinal cord injuries . Ivankovich came upon two such patients , Bazelais Suy and Josette Delisca , who managed to survive despite life-threatening injuries . With the assistance of AirMed International and MedEvac , he escorted Suy and Delisca to Chicago , where they received care at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago . For his work in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake , Ivankovich was named one of '' Chicago '' magazine 's 2010 Chicagoans of the Year , and the National Association of Social Workers Illinois 2010 Public Citizen of the Year
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Daniel Ivankovich