Sgt. John Ott coordinates medical support for the victims of a January 8th ice storm.
Sgt. John Ott, U.S. Army, works from a shelter in Potsdam , N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1998, to coordinate medical support for more than 1,200 victims of a January 8th ice storm which left thousands of upstate New York people without light or heat. Personnel from nearby Fort Drum, N.Y., are working around the clock in support of communities crippled by the recent ice storm. Soldiers are augmenting community clean-up efforts and providing trucks, electrical power, mobile kitchens, heaters, and more than 60,000 sand bags. Ott is a combat medic with C Company, 10th Forward Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division.