As Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, individuals and organizations in Central Florida were getting ready to provide the help the island would most certainly need.

"Now we're seeing the complete devastation…" said attorney Dan Newlin.

Newlin said in a matter of hours, he and his team were able to pull together about 500 pounds of supplies, including food, medicine, and diapers. He said two of his planes will fly to Jamaica on Thursday morning. He said first, they'll make a stop in Miami to pick up recording artist Shaggy, a Jamaican American who has a charitable organization.

"He is going to go into the devastation area and actually play a very personal role," Newlin said. "He plans on staying there. I'm going to be doing the transporting of goods, so I'll be coming back here and t

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