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In America; Hungry and Jobless
”Our members,” said John Turchiano, ”have never been in this position before.” Mr. Turchiano is a spokesman for the Hotel and Restaurant Workers union in New York City. On Monday four tractor-trailer trucks from the group Feed the Children pulled up outside the union’s health center in Elmhurst, Queens. Nearly 500 union members and their families lined up for canned goods, baby food, toothpaste and other items that might be helpful for families suddenly thrown into an economic crisis.
Sept. 11 Exacts an Economic Toll From the Hospitals of New York
Minutes after the second plane hit the World Trade Center, hospitals in Manhattan activated their disaster plans: They canceled elective surgery, discharged stable patients and closed walk-in clinics, emptying their beds to await the thousands of expected casualties.
Sept. 11 Exacts an Economic Toll From the Hospitals of New York
Minutes after the second plane hit the World Trade Center, hospitals in Manhattan activated their disaster plans: They canceled elective surgery, discharged stable patients and closed walk-in clinics, emptying their beds to await the thousands of expected casualties.
A NATION CHALLENGED; To Touch, to Flex, to Grasp: Healing an Organ Called Skin
For some, escaping death on Sept. 11 was a matter of seconds. On the burn unit of the New York Weill Cornell Center, the struggle for life is hand-to-hand combat, day by day, week after week.
To Touch, to Flex, to Grasp: Healing an Organ Called Skin
For some, escaping death on Sept. 11 was a matter of seconds. On the burn unit of the New York Weill Cornell Center, the struggle for life is hand-to-hand combat, day by day, week after week.
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SITE; Safety Questions Remain About Air at Ground Zero
Air quality in Lower Manhattan has gradually improved since the early days after the World Trade Center disaster last month, when a gritty, acrid residue of combustion and dust hung over parts of the city like a shroud. But at certain times, under certain conditions — usually for brief periods — the bad air still returns.
Safety Questions Remain About Air at Ground Zero
Air quality in Lower Manhattan has gradually improved since the early days after the World Trade Center disaster last month, when a gritty, acrid residue of combustion and dust hung over parts of the city like a shroud. But at certain times, under certain conditions — usually for brief periods — the bad air still returns.
The Same Blue Uniform, An Unsettling New Terrain
DETECTIVES Patrick Divers and Al McCoy of the Brooklyn North narcotics squad used to spend their days running buy-and-bust drug operations in Bushwick. But lately, they have been doing different tasks; far different, like searching for body parts in debris from the World Trade Center at the Fresh Kills landfill, and escorting office workers to their buildings at ground zero.
The Same Blue Uniform, An Unsettling New Terrain
DETECTIVES Patrick Divers and Al McCoy of the Brooklyn North narcotics squad used to spend their days running buy-and-bust drug operations in Bushwick. But lately, they have been doing different tasks; far different, like searching for body parts in debris from the World Trade Center at the Fresh Kills landfill, and escorting office workers to their buildings at ground zero.
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SCHOOLS; Unexplained Ailments at Stuyvesant High
Board of Education officials said yesterday that they were at a loss to explain why dozens of students and teachers at Stuyvesant High School had experienced headaches and breathing problems since returning last week to the building, which is four blocks north of the collapsed World Trade Center.