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FRIGHTENED.  SOME WERE CRYING.  DEEP ANGER PAINTED MOST FACES.  THE SHOCK
HAD TRULY STRUCK HOME.  WE TOOK A SUBWAY TRAIN TO RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS,
WHERE THERE WAS A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO EITHER GIVE BLOOD OR SIGN
UP TO HELP, ALL WITH THE LOOK OF HELPLESSNESS IN THEIR EYES.  AS WE WALKED
TOWARD THE BUILDING, PEOPLE SPOTTED US IN OUR CRISP, WHITE ARES/RACES
UNIFORMS WITH OFFICIAL PATCHES.  SEVERAL CAME RUNNING UP AND ASKED IF THEY
COULD HELP.  HALF WERE IN TEARS.  WHEN WE ENTERED THE BUILDING, WE WERE
ESCORTED INTO THE RED CROSS MAKESHIFT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CENTER WHERE WE
WERE GREETED BY THE HAM RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNING IN NEW OPERATORS.
PERSONNEL ON TELEPHONES WERE ARRANGING FOR OTHERS TO REPORT TO THE MANY RED
CROSS SHELTERS.  WITH AIRPORTS CLOSED FOR FEAR OF ADDITIONAL JET PLANE
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