Comfort provides comfort at pier 92
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Trucks carrying donated clothing, snack foods and supplies for the search and rescue workers arrived throughout the day. Many of the rescue workers rushed to the disaster site from throughout the United States with only the clothes they were wearing, so relief agencies and private citizens are donating clothing and personal hygiene items for the rescue workers.
USNS Comfort personnel sorted donated items and prepared the area of the floating hospital normally used for receiving medical casualties into an area to welcome exhausted and dirty disaster workers.
More than 50 disaster workers spent the night on Comfort Saturday night. When they arrived, Navy sailors greeted them and given towels, toiletries, pajamas, any clothing items they might need and a laundry bag. The workers were escorted to a berthing area aboard the ship where they could change out of their dirty clothing and head for hot showers.
After cleaning up, the workers could eat a hot meal or simply hit their racks for much needed sleep. Sleeping areas on the ship are equipped with blackout curtains that can be drawn around the beds. If the workers requested, their clothing was laundered, dried and readied for pickup while they were sleeping.
Navy food service personnel worked around the clock to provide hot, nutritious meals for the relief workers as well as the 250 sailors housed aboard the 894-foot hospital ship and the dozens of New York Fire Department and Police Department personnel who are working in the pier area. Transportation throughout Manhattan remains very difficult, making Comfort a welcome respite for the emergency personnel working in the vicinity.
Meanwhile, the ship's 61 civilian mariners maintained all shipboard systems to provide hot water, heat and air conditioning and fresh water for the hundreds of people living aboard.
Comfort received an additional 200 visitors on Sunday, about 150 of whom are now staying on the ship. The remainder came to take advantage of the 24-hour galley aboard before returning to their duties.
USNS Comfort is assisting as part of the U.S. Joint Forces Command's military support to civil authorities in disaster recovery efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is the lead federal agency in coordinating assistance to New York City.
USNS stands for United States Naval Ship and is the designator used for the U.S. Navy's noncombatant ships. All USNS ships are operated by civilian mariners employed by the Department of the Navy or by private operating companies under contract to the Navy's Military Sealift Command.
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