Miami Gardens supply caravan headed to West Coast survivors of Milton

St. Petersburg residents wait patiently as volunteers get ready for distribution.

A semi truck filled with donations from Miami Garden residents arrived safely and is being distributed.

There were a few pit stops but everyone and all the supplies arrived safely.

We are now in Bradenton just on the other side of Sarasota. And as you can see in this video, there is no gas.  

We can only assume there's an accident ahead of us. We are not moving. We're still on I-75 in Fort Myers, about halfway to St. Petersburg.

While a tire is getting fixed on a food truck, members of the caravan descended on a plaza to get coffee, gas and snacks for the road. We were hoping to get to St. Petersburg by 5 p.m. I don't think we're going to make it. We'll see.

At Mile Marker 99, just before Exit 111 to Ave Maria, the truck got a flat tire. We pulled over to the side of the road and are waiting to continue on our journey.  

We took off from Norwood Park in Miami Gardens in a convoy that included Miami Gardens police, a nonprofit organization, elected officials, a semi trailer truck, a food truck and a Bobcat. A little after 8 a.m., we made it through the last toll both onto Alligator Alley. Around Mile Marker 45 on Alligator Alley we passed a different convoy of Homestead Police officers, plus a few dozen vehicles, four 18-wheelers, a generator and a slew of police officers.

Executive Producer Tania Francois joined the Caravan of Hope early Monday morning in a convoy of about a dozen vehicles.

The effort was put together by City of Miami Gardens leaders and state Rep. Ashley Grant.

For three days, city leaders have asked members of the community to drop off items, and the community came through.