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SeacoastOnline.com-Before a sea of firefighters from across Maine wearing yellow T-shirts in support of her, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, stood at the gate of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Friday morning thanking them for their work.
"When people get in trouble, when they need a first responder, they don't dial 202, the area code for Washington, DC. They dial 9-1-1," she said, to great applause.