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Rescue led woman to join the Red Cross

Katie Ibaraki has been a volunteer since 1993, helping disaster victims in Saipan, and New York after 9/11

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 24, 2011

~~<p>Katie Ibaraki was 7 or 8 when she barely escaped her Waipahu home, as floodwaters from a sudden downpour rose over her head.</p>
<p>Muddy water filled her eyes, ears and mouth. &quot;I could barely breathe,&quot; she said, clearly remembering the thunder and lightning that intensified the trauma nearly 60 years ago.</p>
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Katie Ibaraki was 7 or 8 when she barely escaped her Waipahu home, as floodwaters from a sudden downpour rose over her head.

Muddy water filled her eyes, ears and mouth. "I could barely breathe," she said, clearly remembering the thunder and lightning that intensified the trauma nearly 60 years ago. Login for more...



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