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Red Cross reaches into general fund for plane victims.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

| November 13, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Gwyneth K. Shaw

NEW YORK _ Under fire for its handling of the money raised in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the American Red Cross is keeping a lower public profile in the aftermath of Monday's jetliner crash.

The relief agency won't be hitting the airwaves again asking for money _ or diverting any of the $564 million raised after the suicide-hijackings to the latest victims.

But the Red Cross is on the scene in Rockaway along with the Salvation Army and other agencies _ offering hot food, a receptive ear and help to the Queens community struck for a second time in two months by tragedy.

Rockaway, home to many police …

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