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Federal ID plan to curb volunteers at disasters
Retired New Yorker Gene O Brien recalls helping after September 11 with makeshift IDs and a Marine tattoo to access the World Trade Center debris site. The article notes a federal program issuing first responder IDs to streamline access and prevent untrained volunteers from hampering rescue efforts while acknowledging public good sentiments and the World Trade Center tragedy.
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New York
Gene O Brien
World Trade Center
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Scarsdale
U.S. Fire
Charlie Dickinson
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