In a post on his official site Michael Bay spoke about location scouting for Transformers 3, with his trip ending in Miami, Florida. You have to give the master of explosions credit, where credit is due – because he didn’t stop there to take in the sights or hang out on South Beach. He stopped there to load up his private plane with 14 Florida Surgeons, fly them down to Haiti and then he brought a planeload of exhausted Miami Fire rescue teams home.

Bay said,

Hello everyone,

Busy scouting – Chicago, Detroit, and Washington D.C. for Transformers last week. Things are going well. The script is feeling very different from the other two. I ended my scout down in Miami this weekend to load my plane with 14 Florida Surgeons, specialists in various fields and flew them down to Haiti. We then returned with a planeload of a team of exhausted Miami Fire rescue. It is proving very difficult for these volunteers to get back home.

They say the news hardly gives the true scope of what really happened. They really feel about 500,000 probably died. One of the worst stories I heard from people down there – because of the huge lack of education in Haiti – when the earthquake struck – everyone ran inside buildings most likely to their graves. The state of Florida is really pulling their weight in this massive effort. Here some pics:

Michael

To see the pics from his trip, head over to his site. We’ll bring you the latest bits on Transformers 3 as they become available!