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This Week in History

August 30, 1994

NIH Nurses Respond to Georgia Flood

On July 20, a phone call came to the neurology nursing unit on 5 East requesting nurses willing to travel to Albany, Ga., to help with medical needs in shelters established after Tropical Srorm Alberto caused devastating floods, killing some 31 people. Signing up to volunteer were Kristen McCabe and Jacqueline Kerr. Kerr says they were told to pack their bags, a raincoat and be ready to leave the next day. 

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