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Hotline Volunteers Strive to Reunite Families
Dozens of Red Cross volunteers are running a hotline managed by the New York Office of Emergency Management for families who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Bush Encourages Online Giving to Help Victims of Terrorism
President George Bush on Tuesday encouraged Americans to "continue giving through web sites" in a speech in the White House Rose Garden.
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Red Cross Helps Staff NY Family Assistance Center
The City of New York with the help of the American Red Cross opened a new Family Assistance Center at Pier 94, on the banks of the Hudson River.
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Families of World Trade Center's Missing Search for Answers
Jeanine Nardone will not give up until she finds her big brother, Mario. Every day, she returns to the Family Assistance Center, where family members come to file missing person reports and review the list of missing and dead.
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The Red Cross Movement Offers Profound Sympathy
Around the globe from Canada to Czechoslovakia, from Mexico to Mozambique, national societies are expressing profound shock and offering assistance.
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Families Arrive at Pennsylvania Crash Site of Flight 93
Family members of United Flight 93 started arriving in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Monday to visit the place where their loved ones perished.
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Mental Health Volunteers Reach Out to New Yorkers
The American Red Cross anticipated the needs of the people returning to work on Monday and dispatched mental health volunteers to a number of subway stations close to the financial district.
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Relief Work Continues as New York Goes Back to Work
One of the few hopes shared by New Yorkers is to return to some semblance of normalcy this week, to continue mourning their losses but also show that the city is strong.
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Lawmakers Roll Up Sleeves Against Terrorism
In a tribute to the thousands of Americans killed or injured in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, hundreds of U.S. Representatives, Senators and Congressional staffers donated blood at emergency drives on Thursday and Friday.
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Daily News Digest
Breaking news from the investigation and response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. Courtesy of U.S.News & World Report. Updated twice daily.
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Across the Country, the Red Cross Responds to Tuesday's Attack
Updated: Sept. 19
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Disaster Volunteers Still Stunned at Pentagon
Many of the trained Red Cross volunteers working at the Pentagon this week are "old pros" in the disaster relief business. Ask them how this disaster assignment compares to the others, however, and they stumble to find words.
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Washington, D.C. Blood Collection Center Calls for Donors
So many people around the country have been compelled to do something, anything, to help the victims of Tuesday’s attack. Many of those people are choosing to give blood.
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Senate Spouses Lend a Hand at Blood Drive
In the aftermath of last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Senate spouses are providing a valuable service for the Red Cross by volunteering at blood drives.
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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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Australian Red Cross Mourns Former Staff Member
and Volunteer Killed in Pentagon Crash
Mrs. Yvonne Kennedy was one of 64 passengers on board American Airlines Flight 77 bound for Los Angeles on Septmeber 11.
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At the Pentagon, Disaster Workers Begin Week Two
As America tries to get back to normal this week, the grim work at the Pentagon continues.
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