Lending a helping hand
Water Rescue coordinator Gary Parucki, left, with Vigilant Fire Co., does one last check of equipment with his volunteer team before heading downstate. This was in parking lot of the Erie Co. Emergency Operations Center in Cheektowaga on Tuesday. Many trained in water rescue were deployed to the Long Island and New Jersey areas to aid in the storm's aftermath. (Robert Kirkham / Buffalo News)
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