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New York, Nation Unite in Face of Tragedy
From firefighters to relief workers to roadside bystanders, New York has emerged as a city united in the face of the nation's immense tragedy.
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Central America Red Cross Societies Pledge Support
As news of the tragedy of September 11th quickly spread overseas, words of condolence and offers of assistance came pouring in from other Red Cross societies around the globe.
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Donated Velveeta Truck Will Help Store Blood
The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association donated a large Velveeta refrigeration truck to help the American Red Cross Badger-Hawkeye blood region, in Madison, Wisc., transport and store blood collected from volunteer donors.
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Pentagon Workers Buoyed by Outpouring of Support
The American people are showing their gratitude for the tireless work of emergency workers.
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Red Crossers Travel Country to Help Staff Blood Drives
Patty Higgins never imagined that collecting blood for the American Red Cross would include flying to the nation's capital in a private jet, escorted by FBI F-16 fighter planes.
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Red Cross President Comforts a Devastated New York
Two days after the World Trade Center collapsed, Dr. Bernadine Healy, president and CEO of the American Red Cross, accompanied a train full of emergency relief supplies to New York City.
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Local Hospital Staff Helps Red Cross Handle Blood Drive Overflow
The American Red Cross is grateful for the outpouring of generosity, but issued an appeal Thursday (Sept. 13) to any doctors, nurses, medical technologists and other hospital staff who could lend a hand at blood drives around the country.
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Relocation of the New York Family Compassion Center
The Family Compassion Center, the gathering point and symbol of support for families praying to find loved ones lost in last week's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, will move at midnight Sunday to Pier 94.
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Update from the Pentagon
The American Red Cross continues to provide hot meals, snacks, water and other beverages to all workers at the Pentagon disaster site. In addition, Red Cross disaster workers set up tents with cots, where firefighters and other emergency workers can rest.
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American Red Cross Delegate in Balkans Learns of U.S. Attack
I was sitting with colleagues at the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina when my cell phone rang and I received the news about the terrorist attacks.
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Pennsylvania Disaster Workers Respond to Flight 93 Tragedy
The Red Cross has been on the scene of the plane crash outside Pittsburgh from the beginning, providing food and water to more than 600 exhausted workers from local fire departments, FBI, ATF, NTSB, FEMA, state police and coroners' offices from around Pennsylvania.
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Boston Red Cross Helping Families of Crash Victims
Most of the 157 people who died Tuesday when two airliners left Logan Airport and plowed into the World Trade Center towers were from Boston and eastern Massachusetts.
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