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Cell phones grow crucial in disaster rescue efforts
Reported by Newsday the surge of wireless traffic in the metropolitan area after the terrorist attacks overwhelmed networks. Experts note phones may work but rubble can block signals while triangulation remains crude. Verizon and other carriers donated phones to aid rescuers as firefighters evacuate World Trade Center towers.
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Monty Phan
Newsday
Barbara Olson
U.S
Theodore Olson
Pentagon
Herschel Shosteck
Larson
Verizon Wireless
Howard Waterman
At&t
Sprint Pcs
Engine 28
Mike Kehoe
Staten Island
Tower One
World Trade Center
John Labriola
Bobby Annunziato
Manhattan
Kehoe
Tower
John Sheehan
New Jersey
Sheehan
New York
Washington
Ford
CIA
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Hackensack
ASPCA