Your Photos: Water Main Break in Manhattan

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Wendy Harman

West 10th Flood: Red Cross Blanket

Last week, a water main in Manhattan’s West Village broke. It caused flooding and forced resident evacuation.

The American Red Cross in Greater New York responded with supplies and support.

This young girl got a blanket and some shoes to keep her warm, and her dad posted a photo of her all tricked out in Red Cross comfort to Flickr.

We’ve reproduced it here with his permission.

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Filed under: Flickr, Disaster Response

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2 Responses to “Your Photos: Water Main Break in Manhattan”

  1. Hal, on August 19th, 2008 at 6:45 pm Said:

    The Red Cross was definitely there for us in New York on the night of the water main break. My daughter still sleeps in her Red Cross blanket.

  2. Goodtree & Company :: Blog » Red Cross Snags Hal’s Picture, on August 19th, 2008 at 7:24 pm Said:

    […] the story behind this picture. Thanks to Wendy at the American Red Cross Flickr […]

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