Getting The Message Through
Georgia 14C at NY Disaster
Georgia 14C was called into service to support the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief efforts in New York City after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Our role was to set up and provide communications between the various SBC Feeding and Shower Units that had been deployed to the area.
Below are some photo's made during our deployment. You can click on the thumbnail photo for a larger image.
Staging Area (Raritan Valley Baptist
Church, Edison, NJ)
Shot of Manhattan from NJ Turnpike
Another view of smoke from
"ground zero" (9/16/01)
Traffic at Lincoln Tunnel, over an
hour wait to get through (9/16/01)
Crossing Brooklyn Bridge from
Manhattan into Brooklyn (9/16/01)
GA 14C set up at staging area
Red Cross workers at Tennessee
location (9/21/01)
Traveling down Broadway
Roadblock and checkpoint
NY Street in Manhattan near entrance
to Brooklyn Bridge
Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge from
Manhattan
Statue of Liberty viewed from near
the Kentucky location (9/17/01)
Portable radio unit from GA 14 used at Tennessee (9/19/01)
Phil Loggins, K4PDL, operating radio
equipment installed by GA 14 at Tennessee (9/19/01)
View of antenna mast support
installed at Tennessee (9/19/01)
Howard Griffin, KD4CPK, at the
Tennessee operating position (9/21/01)
Eddie, W4REV, Howard and Phil
dismantling the antenna at Tennessee. We are in the process of
transitioning to Red Cross trunking system radios (9/21/01)
Clyde, Ed and Phil at GA 14
Ed, Phil and Terry at GA 14
Clyde Thomason, N4FCL, and Ed Cravey, KF4HPY, at GA 14 (9/19/01)
Terry Jones, W4TL & Phil
Loggins, K4PDL at GA 14C
Eddie, W4REV, Howard and Phil
dismantling the antenna at Tennessee. We are in the process of
transitioning to Red Cross trunking system radios (9/21/01)
Ed Cravey, KF4HPY, at the controls
of GA 14C
Kentucky Comm Unit (9/17/01)
Kentucky
Communications Unit antenna (9/17/01)
Kentucky Volunteers awaiting
assignment to Brooklyn
Tennessee volunteers installing
battery in trailer to keep radio on the air (9/16/01)
Larry Triplett from Tennessee on the cell phone ordering supplies (9/16/01)
Jackie Whitlock, N4JJW, and wife
Terri manning the radios at the Kentucky site (9/17/01)
Kentucky kitchen waiting for food to
prepare (9/17/01)
Kentucky feeding site (9/17/01)
Jim Hadder, KE4ZX, at the operating
position at the Kentucky feeding unit.
"Cantilever" VHF antenna
installed at Red Cross building in Brooklyn. Hams are innovative, just
because we can't get to the roof doesn't stop us from installing a useable
antenna
Another view of antenna
Another view of antenna
Another view of antenna
Antenna and
mast installed at Tennessee by GA 14 to improve communications (9/18/01)
Choice Watson, On-site Coordinator
and Ray Fowler at Mass Care. Notice how antenna is fastened behind Ray.
Ray briefing Eddie on what has been
going on from his position
A piece of steel from the World
Trade Center Buildings being transported away from ground zero
Tennessee volunteers installing
"ground plane" on rubber roofed trailer to improve signal
(9/16/01)
South Carolina Communications Unit
(9/16/01)