One day before Montgomery County moves into Phase 3 of its COVID-19 plans, the Maryland county’s council approved a $6 billion budget that includes a number of items aimed at pandemic recovery.
“It’s always difficult to put together a budget of this scale and complexity,” said Council President Tom Hucker. Referencing the pandemic, he added that the typical challenges were exacerbated by impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. “We’ve lived through the worst public health and economic crisis in a century.”
The bulk of the county’s budget went toward education, with $2.7 billion dollars going to Montgomery County Public Schools. Another $312 million was allocated to Montgomery College.
Chance meeting reunites Bethesda man, crew who saved his life after crash
At food distribution event, man meets team who pulled him from car wreck By Rose Horowitch |
January 11, 2021 | 10:28 am
Sean Purcell, left, and another member of the rescue team remove the side of John Ross car to free him and get him into an ambulance. The process took 13 minutes.
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Some firefighters remember every crash they’re dispatched to, Fire and Rescue Lieut. Sean Purcell said. They’ve analyzed the wreck, thought up multiple plans to extricate victims from their cars, and tried to calm people on the most frightening day of their life.
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The man dubbed “America’s doctor” turned 80 this Christmas Eve, so the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad took a break from fighting fires to sing him happy birthday as he left work Wednesday night.
Dr. Anthony Fauci was leaving the National Institute of Health campus when he was greeted by crews from the B-CC Rescue Squad along with the National Institutes of Health Fire Department.
The first responders sang happy birthday through masks and held decorated signs while Fauci waved from across the street and then posed for a picture.
“Thank you to all of our neighbors at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) for your support of the Rescue Squad and for everything you re doing to fight #COVID19,” the B-CC Rescue Squad said in a Facebook post.
Emergency crews stop by NIH campus in Bethesda to wish Dr. Fauci a happy 80th birthday
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Emergency crews sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Dr. Fauci in Bethesda, Maryland
Emergency crew members celebrated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s birthday a day early in Bethesda, Maryland, on December 23, surprising the doctor as he was leaving the NIH Clinical Center. (Credit: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad via Storyful)
BETHESDA, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - Emergency crew members surprised Dr. Anthony Fauci the day before his 80th birthday as he was leaving the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on December 23.
Watch: First responders surprise Dr Anthony Fauci ahead of his 80th birthday
Crews from the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad along with the National Institutes of Health Fire Department stopped by the NIH campus to wish Dr. Fauci a happy birthday as he left work. Updated: December 26, 2020 7:37:50 pm
Members of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad as he left the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a suburb outside Washington DC.
A group of first responders serenaded for Dr Anthony Fauci, a day before he celebrated his 80th birthday, on Thursday. A video of the moment is now being widely shared online.