Some Albany suburbs also received nearly 10 inches of snow, while there was as much as 11 inches in parts of Columbia County near the Connecticut line.

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Those who worked in this building, many of you in front of me, and thousands more first responders across the region --firefighters from Arlington County, Fairfax County, Montgomery County, the District of Columbia and many others, they sprang to action, risking their lives so their friends, their colleagues and total strangers, people they had never met, might live.

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"When you are dealing with thousands of dollars of damage, it's beyond a prank, " said Captain Steve Morris of the Columbia County, Ga.

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