MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Rita Kepner of Marrowstone Island has seen suffering first hand — from the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma to earthquake destruction in Northridge, Calif., and Kobe, Japan.
She responds when Federal Emergency Management Agency officials call her to help others who have experienced earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters.
Now she has been activated by the federal agency to respond to the carnage in New York City in the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
But she can’t get there — she’s currently in Moscow.
