33 East Amherst, N.Y. After a year and a half of no large-scale training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 200 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from New York and New Jersey trained together to respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incidents April 16-17.
They are members of the FEMA Region II Homeland Response Force, known as the HRF.
The team is trained to find and rescue victims and provide security, decontamination, medical treatment and command and control in support of local first responders during the first hours and days of a natural or manmade disaster.
The team spent the weekend honing their skills on the grounds of A. J. Jureck American Legion Post 1672 and the neighboring Erie County Fire Center.
Thirteen years ago today, on April 14, 2008,
Can You Duet premiered on CMT. Contestants on the TV singing competition s two seasons included Steel Magnolia and the Stellas, but the show is perhaps best known for introducing the husband-and-wife team of Joey and Rory Feek, better known as Joey + Rory.
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The late Shulamit Bastecky spent decades telling the story of her life, one filled with tragedy, miracles and hope. She told it so that young people would know, and she told it so that it wonât happen again.
Bastecky, who passed away in January at the age of 79, survived the Holocaust with the help of a nun who hid her in a crib in a basement.
On Wednesday evening, she was honored at the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial service held at the Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, which co-sponsored the virtual program with Seton Hill Universityâs National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education.
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