Team Rubicon formed in January 2010 following the Haiti earthquake , when William McNulty and Jacob " Jake " Wood led a medical team into Port-au-Prince three days after the earthquake . The first Team Rubicon was an initial team of eight . They gathered funds and medical supplies from friends and family and flew into the Dominican Republic . They rented a truck , loaded their gear , and headed west to Haiti . The team treated thousands of patients , traveling to camps deemed “ too dangerous ” by other aid organizations . They ventured outside the traditional scale of disaster response , focusing on those who would be overlooked , untreated
Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Team Rubicon