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THE AREA ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES, INCLUDING ROBERT GISSING, VE3ZLV, WHO
ASSISTED THE RED CROSS IN BROOKLYN.  SURESH, VU2LOT, AN INDIAN HAM WHO WAS
ALREADY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY OFFERED HIS SERVICES.  PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTER WAYNE SOUZA, KA1LH, FROM FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, HAD HOPED
TO VOLUNTEER WITH HIS NEW YORK CITY BRETHREN BUT WAS TOLD HIS UNIT WAS NOT
NEEDED.  SOUZA DECIDED INSTEAD TO GET INVOLVED IN THE HAM RADIO EFFORT.  IT
WAS ONE WAY THAT I COULD STILL HELP, HE SAID.  ARES INITIALLY TURNED AWAY
MOST LONG DISTANCE OFFERS OF HELP BECAUSE THERE WERE NO PROVISIONS TO HOUSE
THE VOLUNTEERS, ENTRY INTO NEW YORK CITY WAS DIFFICULT, AND PARKING NEXT TO
IMPOSSIBLE.  EVEN SO, MANY WOULDNT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER AND SAID IM
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35,862 139 86 A K1VR 1,421,508 1331 356 B K1VUT 1,151,334 1242 309 B N1SV
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