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PHOTO GALLERY: MA Rescue Team Assists In Hurricane Florence
A team of 47 was deployed from Massachusetts to help out in the southeast as the storm hit. Check out these amazing photos.
A search-and-rescue team from Massachusetts was deployed to Southeastern United States, and left on Tuesday to help with any rescue efforts needed as related to Hurricane Florence.
Members of the team are from Beverly, Cambridge, Chatham, Danvers, Dedham, Marlborough, Mashpee, New Bedford, Newburyport, North Attleboro, North Easton, Quincy, Salem, Saugus, Stow, Tewksbury, Walpole, Waltham, West Bridgewater, Winchester, Marblehead, Middleboro, Lynn, Auburndale, Mansfield, West Newton, Westborough, Rayham, North Attleboro and Mashpee.
The team of 46 are members of the Massachusetts Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue (MA-TF 1).
Among them is Tom Gatzuntis from Marlborough, a former state commissioner of public safety. Read his full story from the Boston Globe.
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Photos submitted via MA-TF1, used on Patch with permission
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