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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MICKEY IARRABEE (right) a volunteer translator, works with MARIA GARCIA (left) who was seeing ELIZABETH OSBORN, a volunteer nurse,at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: The family members of a man killed in a traffic accident react to his death on a street in Bangkok. Volunteer medics from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation tried in vain to save the man's life. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2026.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: YOTHAPONG TAWATCHAI, center, a volunteer with Poh Teck Tung, tends to a woman and her son after they were hurt in a motorcycle accident. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2005.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: YOTHAPONG TAWATCHAI, center, a volunteer with Poh Teck Tung, tends to a woman and her son after they were hurt in a motorcycle accident. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YOTHAPONG TAWATCHAI, a volunteer with Poh Teck Tung races through Bangkok city streets to answer a medical call. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2003.jpg
  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA GARCIA (left) sees ELIZABETH OSBORN, a volunteer nurse, at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA GARCIA (left) sees ELIZABETH OSBORN, a volunteer nurse, at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA GARCIA (left) sees ELIZABETH OSBORN, a volunteer nurse, at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Volunteer nurses takes patient histories at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  MARY VON DWINGELO, a volunteer nurse with Mission of Mercy, takes the blood pressure of patient MARIA RUBIO at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  MARY VON DWINGELO, a volunteer nurse with Mission of Mercy, takes the blood pressure of patient MARIA RUBIO at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA GARCIA (left) sees ELIZABETH OSBORN, a volunteer nurse, at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: EFREN ANISTACIO (left) talks to Dr. CHARLES LEVISON, a volunteer at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Volunteers at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, start the clinic session with a prayer Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MissionofMercyClinic009.jpg
  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Volunteers at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, start the clinic session with a prayer Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the public and volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation gather around the body of a man who died in a motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2021.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the public and volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation gather around the body of a man who died in a motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2020.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2019.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2018.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2017.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2016.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2015.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2014.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2013.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation try to help a man who was involved in a motorcycle accident. The man died at the scene. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2012.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung foundation tend to a woman who committed suicide in her home in Bangkok. Neighbors said the woman drank mosquito poison after an argument with her husband. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung foundation tend to a woman who committed suicide in her home in Bangkok. Neighbors said the woman drank mosquito poison after an argument with her husband. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung foundation tend to a woman who committed suicide in her home in Bangkok. Neighbors said the woman drank mosquito poison after an argument with her husband. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation wait to be relieved after they tried in vain to save the life of a man who was in a motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The man died while they were working on him. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pull up a sheet to look at a man who died in a motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pull up a sheet to look at a man who died in a motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PohTeckTung2023.jpg
  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation wait to be relieved after they tried in vain to save the life of a man who was in a motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The man died while they were working on him. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy waits for medics from Poh Teck Tung to help her mother after they were involved in a minor motorcycle accident in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  ORACHUN, a medic and shift supervisor with Poh Teck Tung, does paperwork in his ambulance between calls. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A medic with Poh Teck Tung eats dinner between calls at a streetside noodle stand in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation race through Bangkok streets on their way to a motorcycle accident. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A medic helps a woman and her family into an ambulance after she called complaining of a migraine. The medics from Poh Teck Tung took her to a community hospital in Bangkok. The 1,000 plus volunteers of the Poh Teck Tung Foundation are really Bangkok's first responders. Famous because they pick up the dead bodies after murders, traffic accidents, suicides and other unplanned, often violent deaths, they really do much more. Their medics respond to medical emergencies, from minor bumps and scrapes to major trauma. Their technicians respond to building collapses and traffic accidents with heavy equipment and the "Jaws of Life" and their divers respond to accidents in the rivers and khlongs of Bangkok. The organization was founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok in 1909. Their efforts include a hospital, college tuition for the poor and tsunami relief.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Dr. CHARLES LEVISON (red shirt) talks to STEVE HOLLINGSWORTH, a patient at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: A child plays on the floor while her mother sees a nurse at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA URILLAS waits to see a doctor at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Dr. CHARLES LEVISON checks the MARIA URILLAS' ears during a visit to Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  A man walks out of a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Dr. CHARLES LEVISON (red shirt) talks to STEVE HOLLINGSWORTH, a patient at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: STEVE HOLLINGSWORTH, from Phoenix, AZ, waits to see a doctor at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: STEVE HOLLINGSWORTH, from Phoenix, AZ, waits to see a doctor at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Patients walk into a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Patient files at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  ANGEL JAIMES (left) and CARLOS HONDEROW, both from Phoenix, wait to see doctors at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA RUBIO (left) and FELICITAS GILES, both from Phoenix, wait to see doctors at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: MARIA RUBIO (left) and FELICITAS GILES, both from Phoenix, wait to see doctors at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ:  Patients wait to see doctors and nurses at a Mission of Mercy mobile clinic in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, Dec. 8. Mission of Mercy has been providing free medical help for people in the Phoenix area since 1997. In the last two years, as the Arizona economy continued its recessionary slide, patient load at the clinics has more than doubled. Mission of Mercy, which relies on voluntary medical help and financial donations, recently acquired another mobile clinic so they could expand their reach into suburban areas they previously had not served. Mission of Mercy has provided free medical help to more than 43,000 patients in the Phoenix area since 1997.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS stuffs money he's collected into a coffee can. He collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: CARLOS OLIVAS collects donations to help pay for a liver transplant for Francisco Felix from passing motorists on 75th Ave in Phoenix, AZ. Most of the donations come in the form of dimes. Felix is a patient in AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid agency. He needs a liver transplant and is one of the patients Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) kicked off the transplant list when she eliminated funding for transplants from AHCCCS. The move saved the state of Arizona about $1.4 million. Olivas read the AHCCCS cuts and started collecting dimes to help pay for transplants the state of Arizona won't pay for. He said he does it because he wants to set an example for other young people and because he hopes someone would do the same thing for his father if he needed a liver transplant. Carlos said that so far he's collected about $2500.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Capt Bryan Willingham (CQ) from Phoenix Fire Station 33, looks over toys at the United Phoenix Firefighters offices on Columbus in Phoenix Tuesday. Willingham's firehouse, near 24th Ave and Cactus, has adopted a family for Christmas. Donations to the United Phoenix Firefighters' toy drive are down significantly this year while demand is up. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Capt Bryan Willingham (CQ) from Phoenix Fire Station 33, looks over toys at the United Phoenix Firefighters offices on Columbus in Phoenix Tuesday. Willingham's firehouse, near 24th Ave and Cactus, has adopted a family for Christmas. Donations to the United Phoenix Firefighters' toy drive are down significantly this year while demand is up. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Capt Bryan Willingham (CQ) from Phoenix Fire Station 33, looks over toys at the United Phoenix Firefighters offices on Columbus in Phoenix Tuesday. Willingham's firehouse, near 24th Ave and Cactus, has adopted a family for Christmas. Donations to the United Phoenix Firefighters' toy drive are down significantly this year while demand is up. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Capt Bryan Willingham (CQ) from Phoenix Fire Station 33, looks over toys at the United Phoenix Firefighters offices on Columbus in Phoenix Tuesday. Willingham's firehouse, near 24th Ave and Cactus, has adopted a family for Christmas. Donations to the United Phoenix Firefighters' toy drive are down significantly this year while demand is up. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Capt Bryan Willingham (CQ) from Phoenix Fire Station 33, looks over toys at the United Phoenix Firefighters offices on Columbus in Phoenix Tuesday. Willingham's firehouse, near 24th Ave and Cactus, has adopted a family for Christmas. Donations to the United Phoenix Firefighters' toy drive are down significantly this year while demand is up. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation unload a woman who collapsed on a Bangkok street from their ambulance at Police General Hospital in Bangkok during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation unload a woman who collapsed on a Bangkok street from their ambulance at Police General Hospital in Bangkok during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation help a woman who collapsed on a Bangkok street during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation help a woman who collapsed on a Bangkok street during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation rush a man injured in a motorcycle accident into Camillan Hospital, a nonprofit hospital run by Italian monks, during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man injured in a motorcycle accident is taken out of an ambulance by volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man injured in a motorcycle accident is taken to a hospital by volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man injured in a motorcycle accident is taken to a hospital by volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check a woman who collapsed on a Bangkok street into Police General Hospital during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation help a woman who collapsed on a Bangkok street during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation leave Camillan Hospital, a nonprofit hospital run by Italian monks, after dropping off a patient during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation leave Camillan Hospital, a nonprofit hospital run by Italian monks, after dropping off a patient during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation rush a man injured in a motorcycle accident into Camillan Hospital, a nonprofit hospital run by Italian monks, during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man injured in a motorcycle accident is taken out of an ambulance by volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man injured in a motorcycle accident is taken out of an ambulance by volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man injured in a motorcycle accident is taken to a hospital by volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation put a man injured in a motorcycle accident into their ambulance to take him to a hospital during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation treat a man injured in a motorcycle accident during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation treat a man injured in a motorcycle accident during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation treat a man injured in a motorcycle accident during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Volunteer medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation treat a man injured in a motorcycle accident during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 APRIL 2006 - THREE POINTS, AZ: WANDA WEATHORFORD, a Minuteman volunteer from Denver, CO, and DAVE VYSTRCIL, a Minuteman volunteer from Tucson, AZ, scan the desert for signs of illegal immigrants during the Minuteman Project action on Elkhorn Ranch Rd. between Three Points, AZ, and Sasabe, AZ, about 60 miles south of Tucson, AZ, April, 2, 2006. Volunteers from the Minuteman Project have set up lines of observation posts on remote county roads in the desert southwest of Tucson to monitor the area for illegal immigrant traffic. On Saturday night, the first night of the action, Minuteman volunteers spotted more than 50 illegal immigrants and claim their tips to the US Border Patrol led to the apprehension of at least 16 of those immigrants.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 16 APRIL 2005 - NACO, AZ: A Minuteman volunteer stands behind an American flag while he watches the US - Mexico border. The Minuteman Project is a volunteer effort to deter illegal immigrants from entering the US without documentation. The Minuteman volunteers call the Border Patrol when they see undocumented immigrants entering the US. Organizers claim to have thousands of volunteers signing up for the effort and they claim to reduced illegal immigration through their area by almost 100 percent and are preparing plans to extend their program to Texas, New Mexico and California. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 APRIL 2005 - NACO, AZ: A Minuteman volunteer, standing behind an American flag, watches the US/Mexico border near Naco, AZ. The Minuteman Project is a volunteer effort to deter illegal immigrants from entering the US without documentation. The Minuteman volunteers call the Border Patrol when they see undocumented immigrants entering the US. Organizers claim to have thousands of volunteers signing up for the effort and they claim to reduced illegal immigration through their area by almost 100 percent and are preparing plans to extend their program to Texas, New Mexico and California. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 APRIL 2005 - NACO, AZ: A Minuteman volunteer, standing behind an American flag, watches the US/Mexico border near Naco, AZ. The Minuteman Project is a volunteer effort to deter illegal immigrants from entering the US without documentation. The Minuteman volunteers call the Border Patrol when they see undocumented immigrants entering the US. Organizers claim to have thousands of volunteers signing up for the effort and they claim to reduced illegal immigration through their area by almost 100 percent and are preparing plans to extend their program to Texas, New Mexico and California. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2009 - PHOENIX, AZ: Dr. Naved Khan, left, a volunteer doctor at the Cultural Cup, talks to Sarrah Maher, the volunteer office manager at the clinic. The walk in clinic at the Cultural Cup Food Bank started two years ago when Cultural Cup founder Zarinah Awad wanted to expand the food bank's outreach and provide basic medical care for the people who use the food bank. The clinic sees, on average, 7 - 11 patients a week. Awad said that as the economy has worsened since the clinic opened and demand has steadily increased. She attributes the growth to people losing their jobs and health insurance. The clinic is staffed by volunteers both in the office and medical staff. Adults are seen every Saturday. Children are seen one Saturday a month, when a pediatrician comes in. Awad, a Moslem, said the food bank and clinic are rooted in the Moslem tradition of Zakat or Alms Giving, the giving of a small percentage of one's income to charity which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JUNE 2009 - PHOENIX, AZ: Dr. Jerrelle Copeland, a volunteer physician at the Cultural Cup walk in clinic, talks to Saba Haroon, a RN volunteer at the clinic, about a patient Copeland is about to see. The walk in clinic at the Cultural Cup Food Bank started two years ago when Cultural Cup founder Zarinah Awad wanted to expand the food bank's outreach and provide basic medical care for the people who use the food bank. The clinic sees, on average, 7 - 11 patients a week. Awad said that as the economy has worsened since the clinic opened and demand has steadily increased. She attributes the growth to people losing their jobs and health insurance. The clinic is staffed by volunteers both in the office and medical staff. Adults are seen every Saturday. Children are seen one Saturday a month, when a pediatrician comes in. Awad, a Moslem, said the food bank and clinic are rooted in the Moslem tradition of Zakat or Alms Giving, the giving of a small percentage of one's income to charity which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check their smart phones between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check their smart phones between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation check their smart phones between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation play with a street dog between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Medics with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation play with a street dog between calls near the Ekamai BTS stop during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An ambulance driver with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation drives down Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok enroute a hospital during a Friday night shift. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation was started more than 60 years ago as a charitable organisation that collected the dead and transported them to the nearest facility. Crews sometimes found that the person they had been called to collect wasn't dead, and they were called upon to provide emergency medical care. That's how the foundation medical and rescue service was started. The foundation has 7,000 volunteers nationwide and along with the larger Poh Teck Tung Foundation, is one of the two largest rescue services in the country. The volunteer crews were once dubbed Bangkok's "Body Snatchers" but they do much more than that now.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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