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10 Years After 9/11, New York Responders Communicate Better

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On Sept. 11, 2001, as firefighters rushed into the smoldering twin towers, their radios went dead and none of the agencies responding to the nation's deadliest terrorist attack could communicate with one another. In the years since, New York City emergency agencies have upgraded equipment to adapt to the unforeseen, built in redundancies and increased training. Click here for full story from FireRescue1.

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