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Onondaga Nation Volunteers Turn Compassion Into Action

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— October 22, 2026 — Volunteers from the Onondaga Nation and Nedrow fire departments helped after a car crash on Route 11 near the Interstate 81 ramps around 1 p.m. On Thursday, aiding patients and managing dangers at the location. 


The responders discovered that one vehicle was heading to collect a young child from a pre-kindergarten program. The accident made the car undrivable, and both the mother and child were taken to the hospital. 


The Onondaga Onondaga Nation Fire Nation Fire Department Department Lt., having learned of the family's situation, ... ( the text is incomplete) Cain and Firefighter/ EMT Oakes performed further actions to assist. Using support from the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, they extracted the child’s car seat from the damaged car and placed it inside the department’s M1 unit. 


M1 proceeded to the pre-kindergarten center, collected the child, and took them to the hospital to meet their mother. 

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