Joseph Dalton Interview

Joseph Dalton Interview

Dalton, John;

Interviewed by Leona Casey Sigor, Joseph Dalton discusses the Respit Program he helped to organize in Saratoga Springs after the terrorist attacks on New York City on 9/11.

Saratoga Springs Public Library

08-14-2002

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MP3

English

WSONP.0026.a.1

Leona Casey Signor

Joseph Dalton

Cassette Tape

00:44:31

Tape 1 Side A Notes
00:00:30 Respit Program introduction
00:05:00 Meeting with businesses to ask for free rooms for victims of 9/11
00:07:15 Asked restaurants for half priced meals
00:07:50 Lined up activities and attractions for families
00:08:00 Leadership Saratoga
00:09:20 Set up contact families instead of host families
00:10:10 Set up babysitting with police and fire fighters
00:10:35 Amtrak agreed to provide free transportation from Penn Station to Saratoga
00:11:25 200 Families showed up
00:19:20 Saratoga community after 9/11
00:21:00 Adirondack Trust fund
00:21:10 Program funded by individuals, not by companies
00:32:10 153 Families

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