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South Florida disaster team heads north to help after Sandy

 

Forty-two members of the South Florida Disaster Medical Assistance team have been deployed to the Northeast to help in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

By Linda Trischitta

Sun Sentinel

The 52 colorful quilts were neatly folded into a red duffel bag and hand-carried to New York City on Monday, where a local fire department will distribute them to victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The gifts from the East Sunrise Quilters Guild were brought north by nurse and educator Debra Hauss-DeJesse, one of 42 members of the South Florida Disaster Medical Assistance Team who left from airports in the region for two-week deployments in the Northeast.

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