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New Orleans' responders are used to parties, but Sunday's was unlike any other.
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- EMS crews here are used to parties, but the one Sunday night following the Saints' Super Bowl victory will go down as one of the largest ever.
Anticipating a massive crowd, additional EMS crews were assigned to the area, said Jeb Tate, New Orleans EMS spokesman.
The AP says several suits contain inconsistencies or exaggerations.
NEW YORK --
As the first cases in a massive battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or how much time they spent at ground zero.
A hero mom herded her children out of a burning Bronx building yesterday, then darted back inside the inferno to warn neighbors and try to save her husband, witnesses said.
Rosa Nuņez, 34, was found unconscious by firefighters in her sec ond-floor apartment just feet from her hus band, who was also overcome by smoke.
