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Red Cross installing specialized smoke alarms for deaf hard-of-hearing in Rochester

Jan 31, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — We’ve all heard how important it is to install a standard smoke alarm in your house, but what about for the deaf and hard of hearing? Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a fire by more than half. That’s why the Red Cross is making sure...

Deaf woman, 60, rows Atlantic Ocean in world first

Jan 31, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

A 60-year-old pharmacy worker has become the first deaf person on record to row an ocean by finishing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic. Mo O’Brien and her fellow crew members, including her daughter, landed on the Caribbean island of Antigua 49 days...