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Hundreds of New York City Correction Officers Work Alongside Police Officers and Firefighters in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Operations:  Received at our News Room 9/13/2001 Hundreds of New York City Correction Officers have been working voluntarily and around -the clock to rescue survivors of the World Trade Center Tragedy since Day One, Norman Seabrook, President of the New York City Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, said today.  Those officers have been working alongside New York City Police Officers and New York City Fire Fighters, the labor leader noted. "More than 100 Correction Officer of the Emergency Service Unit have been at Ground Zero since September 11,"Mr. Seabrook said.  He also noted that numerous other Correction Officers have been assisting employees of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner in moving bodies from the site of the horrific explosion to the City Morgue at 30th St. and First Avenue in Manhattan.  At that location, the Correction Officers have been moving the bodies into the morgue and performing other tasks assigned by the Chief Medical Examiner. The President of the 11,500-member association also noted that all of his members who have not volunteered their time in rescue and recovery operations are still at their jobs at the city's jails.  The nation's largest municipal correction system cannot stop functioning under any circumstances, "Mr. Seabrook noted.  "Its safety and security must be maintained." He added that although Correction Officers, along with all other New Yorkers, appreciate the massive support the city has been receiving from elsewhere in the United States and the world, Correction Officers give absolute primacy to supporting their brothers and sisters in the other branches of law enforcement. "This is the worst event in the history of New York City." Mr. Seabrook said,"and the members of my union are steadfast in contributing their labor and their efforts to bring the city back to some sort of normal functioning."