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Disaster Services Volunteers On Assignment In New York City
September, October, November & December 2001 and January & February 2002

In response to the Attack On American disaster in New York City and Washington DC the Capital Area Chapter assigned 74 of its Disaster Services Volunteers to three separate Disaster Relief Operations setup up to support victims of these events. These are some of the photo taken by our Disaster Services Volunteers while on assignment.

On Assignment - New York City Marcia Arnold (Left) and Susan Cox (Right) were both assigned as Mass Care Technicians strike a pose in front of the Brooklyn Chapter's Headquarters which also served as the Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters for the Attack On American disaster.
On Assignment - New York City Both Marcia Arnold and Susan Cox were responsible for providing food, snacks and drinks off of one of the 87 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) assigned to the Disaster Relief Operation. Working out of one of the kitchen they were faced with mountains of food cambros on a daily basis.
On Assignment - New York City Christine Reilly (lower left) and the other Disaster Mental Health Services staff members of Service Center # 1.
On Assignment - New York City Doug Dickinson a Mass Care Technician was assigned to ERV # 1062 and had the responsibility of providing Mass Care feeding support to emergency workers at the Fresh Kill Land Fill on Staten Island. The land fill was where all of the debris was transported to from the World Trade Center site.
On Assignment - New York City All of the Fire Trucks, Ambulances and even one American Red Cross ERV were taken to the land fill.
On Assignment - New York City Chris Floyd was assigned as the Service Center Manager for Service Center # 2 in lower Manhattan.
On Assignment - New York City The Service Center was located in the basement of the CSW Union Hall on the corner of Hudson St and Harrison St. Each day over 100 clients were processed through the center.
On Assignment - New York City Cort Edwards was assigned to New York City as a Disaster Mental Health Technician. Working on an outreach team he got up close and personal with Ground Zero.
On Assignment - New York City Ground Zero!
On Assignment - New York City Marcia Arnold at her desk in the Disaster Relief Operations Headquarters.
On Assignment - New York City Sonja Guthrie was one of the last of our Disasters Services Volunteers assigned to the New York City Disaster Relief Operation.

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