A Nation Remembers; A Nation Recovers - FEMA Publishes One-Year Anniversary Report
Release Date: September 6, 2002
Release Number: 1391-149
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New York, NY -- In observance of the first anniversary of 9/11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has published A Nation Remembers; A Nation Recovers, a collection of personal stories from the frontlines of the disaster in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon.
In addition, A Nation Remembers; A Nation Recovers summarizes the funding FEMA has approved to individuals, non-profit agencies, and government entities in response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
The everyday heroes profiled in the report include:
- Cathy Shiltz, FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force member
- Van Bateman, Incident Commander with the USDA Forest Service
- John Sheehan, FEMA Community Relations Specialist
- Rick Lohr, Emergency Services Coordinator for Somerset County, Pa.
- Giovanny Guerrero, volunteer-turned-staffer at the Salvation Army
- David Hart, FEMA Individual Assistance Officer
- Col. John B. O'Dowd, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Capt. Gene Kelty, Fire Department of New York
- Kenny Winkler, officer with the New York Police Department
- Ellen Foote, Principal of Intermediate School 89
- John Rights, FEMA Mortgage and Rental Assistance Task Force member
- Joe and Joan Guido, business owners
- April Naturale, Project Liberty Coordinator
"A Nation Remembers; A Nation Recovers is our attempt to balance the feelings of loss and pride we at FEMA feel on this anniversary," said FEMA Director Joe M. Allbaugh. "The grief we feel for the lives lost last September is unspeakable. But we can feel nothing but enormous pride for those still with us today whose courage and compassion carried that day and every day since."
The anniversary report is available online at www.fema.gov/remember911. Hard copies of the report are available through FEMA's publication warehouse by calling (800) 480-2520 and requesting publication 417.
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