The head of a Brooklyn ambulance company said Tuesday that the president of Starbucks has personally apologized after rescue workers in New York were forced to pay a Starbucks shop $130 for water to treat victims of the terrorist attack. Midwood Ambulance Service president Al Rapisarda said he received a hand-delivered reimbursement check and a personal call from Starbucks president Orin Smith after reports of the incident became public. Shortly after the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, rescue workers rushed into a nearby Starbucks store to get water to treat shock victims, and employees in the shop demanded they pay $130 for three cases of bottled water. The workers paid cash, out of their own pockets. Rapisarda said he was happy with Starbucks' conciliatory gestures, which included free coffee and other gifts. "It's not a big deal anymore," Rapisarda said.
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The head of a Brooklyn ambulance company said Tuesday that the president of Starbucks has personally apologized after rescue workers in New York were forced to pay a Starbucks shop $130 for water to treat victims of the terrorist attack. Midwood Ambulance Service president Al Rapisarda said he received a hand-delivered reimbursement check and a personal call from Starbucks president Orin Smith after reports of the incident became public. Shortly after the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, rescue workers rushed into a nearby Starbucks store to get water to treat shock victims, and employees in the shop demanded they pay $130 for three cases of bottled water. The workers paid cash, out of their own pockets. Rapisarda said he was happy with Starbucks' conciliatory gestures, which included free coffee and other gifts. "It's not a big deal anymore," Rapisarda said.
