Flash Flood Emergency Prompts Water Rescues Throughout Philadelphia Region
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Several water rescues were made throughout the region Monday night after relentless rains triggered a flash flood emergency. Bucks County was hit particularly hard.
Bristol Township has declared a disaster emergency.
Rescue crews used rafts and life jackets to bring dozens of people to safety in Andalusia in Bensalem Township.
Residents evacuated from a condo building near the Poquessing Creek say the water rose in just a matter of minutes.
One of those areas hard hit was on the border of Northeast Philadelphia and Bensalem along Frankford Avenue, where the roadway dips and turns into Bristol Road.
The regiment was a highly decorated unit that overcame discrimination and showed fervent patriotism.
Victor Colon, 55, a 32-year Army veteran and native of Puerto Rico who has served in every major conflict since 1989, helped organize Saturday s ceremony.
Colon is a member of the Borinqueneers Motorcycle Club, which was established in 2005 to pay tribute to the members of the 65th Infantry Regiment.
The club is made up of members of law enforcement and first responders and provides ceremonial escorts.
( Members of the 65th Infantry Regiment) endured hardship and racism and they paved the way for me, Colon said.
Colon worked with a historical research team and had a reproduction of a Returned from Hell-Korea 1950-1953 patch made for the two veterans.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. â It was Victor Colon s first day at the Milestone Academy in Temple Terrace, but when his grandmother arrived in the afternoon to pick up the three-year-old; she said a staffer handed over two little girls she d never seen before. Liz Colon says they never even checked her ID.
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