NY Post: Bronx Fire Heartache

From the NY Post:
Fire ripped through two wood-frame buildings in The Bronx yesterday, leaving several families without a home – including a woman who had gone to Washington to attend the inauguration of President Obama.
Daniel Festa, of the Red Cross disaster-response team, said the agency was taking six families to hotels last night.

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Video: First person accounts from Passengers of Flight 1549

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Passengers’ accounts from the crash scene

From Newsday.com:
The district manager for a women’s clothing company was in seat 13A. She escaped to a wing, losing her shoes, then called her husband.
“I said, ‘Oh, my God, I’m in the river,’” she said, standing in the US Airways terminal at LaGuardia last night in socks, pajama bottoms – her jeans were soaked – [...]

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Red Cross working with City Agencies and other Groups to help Passengers of Flight 1459

From Disaster News Network:
Maryann Darlak of the American Red Cross in Greater New York said her organization sent out 700 blankets to make sure those rescued from the crash were able to get a little warmth in the immediate aftermath of the rescue from the 41 degree water. With the air temperature at about 20 [...]

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Ongoing Chapter Relief Effort for Flight 1549

The morning after U.S. Airways flight 1549 made a dramatic emergency landing in the icy Hudson River on one of the coldest days of the year, relief workers from the American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC/GNY) continue to assist passengers who safely evacuated the plane and first responders investigating the accident.
ARC/GNY mental health [...]

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Photo Gallery from NBC NY: More Flight 1549 Passengers covered with Red Cross Blankets

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Source: NBC New York

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Gov. Paterson praises Flight 1549 Pilot and cites Red Cross service

From myfoxny.com:
Gov. Paterson called it a potential tragedy that became a “miracle on the Hudson.” the governor also echoed Bloomberg’s sentiments and praised the coordination of rescue efforts. The governor said the Red Cross was at the scene and gave survivors blankets before they were taken to hospitals.

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Photo from Times Herald-Record: Orange County Woman aboard Flight 1549

Source:  recordonline.com

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Photo from NY Times: Red Cross provides assistance to Flight 1549 Passenger

Source: The New York Times

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Chapter Continues to Assist in U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Relief Effort

American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC/GNY) has been helping passengers who evacuated from US Airways Flight 1549 after it made an emergency water landing in the frigid Hudson River this afternoon when its two engines failed. Approximately 73 volunteers and employees have been involved in the relief effort.
As of 9 p.m. tonight:

Chapter relief [...]

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