Yvette Carvajal and her Red Cross casworker, Lilliam Rivera-Cruz by Caroline Hroncich A relaxing day at the beach quickly took a turn fo...

Red Cross volunteer Bob Cowert, pictured above, lives in Nyack, N.Y., in Rockland County and owns a floor covering store in Congers, N.Y. ...

“We were in a panic.” That’s how Maxine Scott describes how she and her companion, Jack Tucker, felt as they were being vacated from the...

Although Imeh Cuthbertson and her husband had had problems with the power in their Bronx apartment for some time (for example, if their be...

In the aftermath of Sunday’s tragic train derailment in the Bronx, the American Red Cross has been proud to support our partner agencies ...

Earlier this week, Rafael Cotto and his family lost their  home in the Bronx after a powerful fire spread from a nearby house. While Ra...

By Dorothy He Ronald Bethea of the Bronx awoke one morning to a dark apartment. Thinking his lights might not be working, he went to che...

by Nadine Rose Yamilka Alvarez and her family barely escaped from a five-alarm fire in the Bronx that destroyed their home. Alvarez live...

Alicia Rios, her husband, Miguel Ortiz, and their two daughters, Diana Rios, 16 and Felicia Rios, 14, were recently burned out of their Br...

By Michelle Shore In late March 2013, Bronx resident George Ford returned home from a friend’s house and saw his second-story apartment ...

By Ashley Chapman At two a.m., the smell of burning electricity was so strong that it awoke Angela Rosa and her three kids in their Br...

“If you try it just one day, you’d understand.” That’s how 28-year-old Zullyvette Feliciano describes volunteering with the American Red...

 Photo: E. Calderon/S. Johnson  Okisha Ashley, her four children and her grandmother, Nellie, who was visiting from the Island of Ja...

It started as a regular Tuesday for Alexis Geraldino. He attended classes at Technical Career Institutes New York where he is finishing up a...

By Amanda Grzymala Back in February, I went on my first ride-along , accompanying Metro NY Red Cross responders to the scene of a disaster...

Photos: Lisa Weatherbee On the morning of May 4, 2011, a fire struck a house in the Bronx. The Red Cross was dispatched to the scene to ...

Video Editor: Nicholas Martinez On March 9, 2011, the Metro NY Red Cross responded to a 4-alarm fire in the Bronx and opened a reception c...

In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 10-16, 2011), I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for working tirelessly to fulfill th...

Story and photos by Amanda Grzymala On the blustery night of Thursday, Feb. 10, I scoured my Manhattan College campus for a friend with wo...

Heather Curley, her two daughters and her boyfriend were sound asleep when they awoke to their dog barking and whining loudly at the door of...