TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie announced Friday New Jersey is sending 1,100 emergency workers to Puerto Rico to help after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of 3.4 million people.
The deployment includes state and local police, New Jersey’s National Guard and other officials to help with the recovery.
New Jersey emergency response personnel will spend at least six weeks in Puerto Rico and could stay longer if more help is needed.“It’s the largest (response) that we’ve done since Katrina and I think it’s appropriate,” Christie said, referring to the hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the region in 2005.
Christie stressed it’s important for New Jersey, which suffered in the wake of Hurricane Sandy nearly five…
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