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Elizabeth Leonard
You may have heard of staff "away days," where workplaces take employees to somewhere other than the office for a change of scene and to develop team skills. The recent winter
storm took the concept to a whole new level for a group of essential workers from Horizon Health Services in downtown Buffalo.
They spent a Christmas together that they’ll never forget, and it’s one they were fortunate to survive. They took shelter from the storm at a firehouse. WBFO’s Holly Kirkpatrick has more.