Gallery: Bloomberg, FEMA, FCC Detail NYC Emergency Notification System

  • PLAN Police Comissioner Kelly
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    *New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly discussing the Personal Localized Alert Network (PLAN), with the new One World Trade Center rising in the background.*
  • PLAN Bloomberg and Genachowski
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    *New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announcing the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (third from left), public safety officials, and members of New York's congressional delegation, on May 10, 2011.*
  • PLAN Genachowski
    03

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    *FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.*
  • PLAN Stephenson
    04

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    *AT&T CEO Randall L. Stephenson.*
  • 1 World Trade Center
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    *The site where 1 World Trade Center, also known as the North Tower, once stood, will be one of two memorial pools with the largest man made waterfalls in the country.*
  • PLAN Community Response Team
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    *New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph F. Bruno with members of the [New York City Community Response Team (CERT)](http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/get_prepared/cert.shtml), a volunteer organization that helps prepare communities for different types of emergencies.*
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