Army and Air National Guards lends support to 13 states hit by Sandy

Guard lends support to 13 states hit by Sandy
Amy Times
By Joe Gould, Jeff Schogol and Sam Fellman
Staff writers
Posted : Saturday Nov 3, 2012

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, more than 11,000 Army and Air National Guard troops were deployed to aid the storm-ravaged Northeast, saving lives, providing shelter and helping restore communities.

In New York, where power and transportation infrastructures were crippled by the storm Oct. 29 and 30, the National Guard planned to give out more than 1 million meals and bottled water to residents of areas affected.

Troops were manning more than a dozen distribution sites in hard-hit areas of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn soon after the Nov. 1 announcement, handing out meals supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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