James_Lee_Witt - James L. Witt

James L. Witt

SLP99102204 - 22 OCTOBER 1999 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA: Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt, right, listens as St. Louis Fire Chief Neil Svetanics addresses the North American Fire Training Directors (NAFTD), October 22. Witt was in St. Louis to give a brief speech to the NAFTD members and to give Svetanics an achievement award for 37 years of service to the fire department. bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI


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