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FDNY social media manager single-handedly updates NYers

Emily Rahimi posted more than 100 tweets keeping residents updated and passing along vital information

By Chris Moody
Yahoo News

As Storm Sandy barreled down on the Northeast on Monday, a one-woman response team at the Fire Department of New York monitored Twitter through the night to help people in need.

Emily Rahimi, a seven-year veteran at the FDNY, kept New Yorkers updated on developments from a storm that flooded many parts of the city Monday night through the official department Twitter feed. In a flurry of more than 100 tweets, Rahimi, who was still working at her desk on Tuesday morning, replied to cries for help sent out on the social media service, passed along updates from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and followed up when New Yorkers posted tweets of thanks.

“I was just tweeting to people who were not able to get through to 911,” Rahimi told Yahoo News.

Full story: Meet FDNY’s one-woman Twitter response team guiding New Yorkers through storm

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