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Back Stories: Giving Out Socks At Ground Zero

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- The days after the 9/11 attacks were miserable and rainy.

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So Debra Foody, of Parsippany, New Jersey, walked up and down the street north of ground zero, handing out hundreds of pairs of dry socks to first responders.

Ten years later, her kindness was repaid.

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