FDNY Employee Was A Twitter Lifeline

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Interesting use of social media to get help.

As Sandy pounded NYC, fire department worker was a Twitter lifeline

By Yasmin Khorram, CNN

updated 7:23 PM EDT, Thu November 1, 2012 | Filed under: Social Media

(CNN) -- As Hurricane Sandy swept through New York City and emergency crews scrambled to rescue victims, Emily Rahimi was responding to cries for help and offering words of comfort -- all in 140 characters or less.

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