Category: HUB News
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Hundreds decontaminated at Atlantic Highlands site
Staff Writer By darlene diebold JERRY WOLKOWITZ A woman coming off the ferry at the Highlands marina gets hosed down to remove asbestos, soot, dust and other contaminants she was exposed to in the attack on the World Trade Center’s twin towers. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — The scene was harrowing. Hundreds of terrified commuters were waiting…
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AMERICA RECOVERS
VERONICA YANKOWSKI Diane Collin and Shannon Enright, 4, (l) both of Fair Haven, hold candles during a vigil at Fair Haven fields on Sept. 14. CHRIS KELLY Red Bank Engine Company 9 shows its sympathy for those who lost loved ones in the destruction of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. JOHN BURTON Area…
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Dealing with the trauma Red Cross’s role began with meeting victims at Highlands Pier
Staff Writer BY gloria stravelli Dealing with the trauma Red Cross’s role began with meeting victims at Highlands Pier Courtesy of Long Branch Fire Department Hours after two planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the buildings were reduced to rubble and New York City was left to dig out from…
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Ferries deliver aid during, after tragedy at WTC Transport victims then support rescue effort
Staff Writer By Gloria stravelli Ferries deliver aid during, after tragedy at WTC Transport victims then support rescue effort JERRY WOLKOWITZ In Highlands, volunteers load supplies onto a SeaStreak ferry for delivery to the World Trade Center disaster area in lower Manhattan. Passengers had just disembarked from the 7:55 a.m. New York-bound SeaStreak New York…
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Thousands seek solace in area’s churches
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON JOHN BURTON Like many other area churches, Red Bank’s St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church held a prayer service last week for those parishioners and community members seeking comfort and spiritual guidance. RED BANK — Anger… sadness… confusion… frustration… Those feelings and so many more were expressed as people…
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Borough takes small-town approach to crisis
VERONICA YANKOWSKI Hundreds of people from Fair Haven and surrounding communities gathered at the Fair Haven Fields last Friday for a candlelight vigil for those missing in the World Trade Center tragedy. FAIR HAVEN — In the face of the tragic events at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 the borough and its residents…
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Riverview staff, volunteers responded quickly to disaster
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RED BANK — In response to last week’s events, Riverview Medical Center hit the ground running in preparing to receive the injured from lower Manhattan, spokespersons for the medical center said. "We enacted our disaster plan," announced Mike Valentino, Riverview spokesman, the day of the terrorist attack. That plan, he…
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Fort personnel fill many roles in tragedy’s aftermath From locating cellphones to dealing with explosives, CECOM experts are on call
Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Fort personnel fill many roles in tragedy’s aftermath From locating cellphones to dealing with explosives, CECOM experts are on call CHRIS KELLY A soldier stationed at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, checks passes at a checkpoint located on the perimeter of the base. EATONTOWN — If any injured people trapped in the…
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Training exercise quickly became reality
EATONTOWN — In an eerie quirk of fate, Fort Monmouth was just embarking on a test of emergency response capabilities on the morning of Sept. 11 when word reached the base of the attack on the World Trade Center. Materials had been placed at the gates so they could be barricaded, Department of Defense police…
