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Emergency Workers
year-old warrant officer in charge of the cadets, said that she has an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. “I was busy all the time. We couldn’t get anyone to go to sleep. After the hurricane we loaded enough supplies to fill City Park Stadium. It was fantastic.” Coping with problems such as those posed by a hurricane disaster isn’t an unusual situation for the CAP cadets. Although the fact is little known, 60 per-
cent of all rescue operations flown in the United States are flown by Civil Air Patrol pilots. “After Camille senior officers used T34 and Cessna 172 planes to fly their radios over to the coast. The type of radio used was the citizen band, but they were on their own frequency instead of a citizen band channel,” Lt. Col. Durr explained.
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sf many teens helping rescue, communications efforts after hurricane hit.
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