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World AIDS Day 2001
The Red Cross observes the World AIDS Day with the theme: "I care...Do You? Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century"
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Ohio Students Provide Relief
No longer able to watch footage of the Sept. 11 attacks, Bryan Randolph recruited friends for Red Cross disaster relief courses. Soon the Ohio University students were trained in critical skills such as First Aid and CPR.
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Deadly Storms Tear Through Southeast
The American Red Cross is providing relief to victims of severe thunderstorms that tore through the Southeast Saturday, killing 13 and injuring more than 100 others.
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Tears Flow Along "Walk of Bears" in New York
Few are those who can go the entire distance of the "Walk of Bears," located at the multi-agency Family Assistance Center in New York's Pier 94, without being moved to tears.
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Terrorism Preparation Diminishes Fears
The American Red Cross has long known the best way to avoid disaster is to prepare for the unexpected. But never before has the public so stringently shared this belief.
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Mental Health Counselors Ease Anthrax Anxiety
To help alleviate widespread unease, American Red Cross mental health workers are trying to restore comfort in the most familiar environments of all the home and the workplace.
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Red Cross Assists Texas Flood Victims
Massive rainfall and heavy winds last week slammed portions of Texas, causing extensive flooding that damaged hundreds of homes and killed ten people.
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The Red Cross Global Network: Family Messages Reach Imprisoned Aid Workers
Two young American women, detained in an Afghanistan prison, were able to receive messages from their families with the help of the Red Cross.
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Afghan Refugees Still in Desperate Situation
Despite the celebrations that decades of war may be coming to an end in some villages, thousands of Afghans remain displaced without food, water, medicines or adequate shelter.
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Red Cross To Extend Amount of Aid Given to Sept. 11 Victims
At a press conference, Harold Decker, Red Cross interim CEO, announced that all Liberty Fund dollars will be used to meet the needs of people directly affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Transcript from the
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Wed., Nov. 14
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Mental Health Experts Prepare for Long-Term Effects of Sept. 11
Shock. Terror. Denial. Grief. These are only a few of the emotions American Red Cross disaster mental health counselors encounter every day on the job.
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Families Gather to Grieve
The day after American Airlines Flight 587 crashed, families of passengers began arriving at the Red Cross Family Assistance Center at the Javits Center, a convention center in Manhattan.
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Red Cross Helps Survivors Keep Going
For many survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks, the task of dealing with household finances is overwhelming, especially for those who lost the family's main breadwinner. "When I really needed it," said one such survivor, "the Red Cross lifted me up and put me on the right path."
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Victim of Terrorism and Hate Finds Solace at the Red Cross
Mohammad Alqam is a peaceful man, but because he has an Arabic accent and an Islamic name, he is afraid. At the Family Assistance Center, he and his wife say that they have found overwhelming compassion from the Red Cross.
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In Pictures: Images from the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
The World Trade Center
The Pentagon
American Red Cross President Dr. Bernadine Healy Visits New York
Dr. Healy Visits Pennsylvania Crash Site
Red Cross Mental Health Volunteers
Healing America (Flash Photo Essay)
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