USD Magazine Spring 2013

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DEVASTATION ROCKED THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES in October 2012 during Hurricane Sandy. Hit particularly hard was Rockaway, N.Y., the childhood home of San Diego nightclub and restaurant owner James Brennan ’96 (above, center). More than 100 homes burned in the area, as well as the Belle Harbor neighborhood’s Harbor Light Pub, which was the site of Brennan’s first restaurant job as a busboy. Brennan leapt into action immediately, heading to the East Coast with tractor-trailers filled with much-needed supplies. His efforts to coordinate and partially fund the Rockaway Hurricane Victims Fund through Catholic Charities were featured on the TV news magazine “60 Minutes” in early November. To help, go to www.ccdsd.org and indicate “in honor of Rockaway Hurricane Fund.”

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