NBC NEWS ‘Chloe Melas lit the Empire Stat -building for the day of the Red Cross
NBC News correspondent Chloe Melas On Tuesday, March 25, the Empire State Building Red, starting on the day of the Red Cross. In her speech at the event, the 38th Melas honored the important work of the American Red Cross.
“Volunteers of the Red Cross are often one of the first at the scene that consumes the affected families and assistance in urgent needs, such as an emergency vein (and) food. They distribute financial assistance to $ 1 million to those who lost all for domestic fires,” Melas said.
During his speech, Melas also reflected on his personal experience with a fire that destroyed her family house in Pelhem, New York five years ago.
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Melas remembered the night in January 2020, starting like any other ordinary evening. She and her husband Brian Mats, the founder of the HPL Ventures, sat by the fire in their living room and talked about the day when their two young children Leo, two, and the hatch, at the time, only six months, slept in their beds. And only after Melas saw the smoke hung under the lights, did she start worrying. Within hours, her house was consumed by fire, forcing the family to evacuate.
“I started crying. I didn’t have a coat, only my children, dogs and my phone,” Melos reminded.
Five years later, at the Tuesday’s event, 40 -year -old Maca proudly changed when his wife lit the Red building Empire State. He said exclusively Us The value of her partnership with the American Red Cross. “Our family survived something really traumatic, losing our home, and it was a very main point in the family for our growth and sustainability together,” he said. “Today, it’s just a full circle with a (the) red cross and how they help so many people.”
As the fires devastated Los -Angeles last January, the American Red Cross responded to the crisis. Desire Ramos Rainer, Red Cross Foreign Affairs officer in Big New York, explained Us The role of the organization played in support of the LA community during the fires.
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“The Red Cross is still in Los Angeles, helping families take the following steps under our long-term restoration project,” she said. “While the fires were burning, we had an open shelter, we handed out food and family materials. We had hundreds of volunteers on the ground from all over the country that were there to help people.”
The son -in -law Joe Mats, who was also present Home Inspector Joesaid Us What to pay attention to during the fire at home.
“The first sign will be the smell of smoke,” he said. “If you smell, it’s not a matter of running everywhere and looking. It comes by phone and called 911 and immediately. Don’t even spend a minute.”
For more information about the American Red Cross Visit Redcross.org
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