Within a week of joining, Schuyler Gordon was among those deployed with Emergency Volunteers Project.
GREAT NECK, N.Y. -- The war in Israel has promoted dozens of American volunteers to offer up their life-saving skills.On Monday, CBS New York met Long Island-based firefighters who recently returned from volunteering their time and skills in the war zone.Volunteer firefighter Schuyler Gordon is used to running toward danger to save lives. That same instinct kicked in when Israel was attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7.
Many volunteers had no previous no connection to Judaism or Israel.Jason Stukes is an FDNY firefighter from Elmont.'Israeli people are very humble, warm, welcoming. They were more shocked at 20 Americans out of their lives, their schedules to help somebody they didn't know,' Stukes said.READ MORE: Blinken seeks to contain Israel-Hamas war; meets with Middle East leaders in JordanCommunity leaders welcomed Gordon back to his Manhasset-Lakeville fire house on Monday, while his E.V.P.
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