Mr. Hilbert was indicted in January on 13 felony counts alleging he bought the sheriff's office in 1982 and used it to assist relatives and business associates in illegal activities.

At city hospitals and at the center set up at Pier 94 in Manhattan to assist relatives, mental health officials and counselors say more and more survivors have turned hope into full-blown grief as the chances of rescues dim.

He realized early in his education that he had a skill which enabled him to navigate through complex procedures as he assisted various relatives in responding to requests for additional information regarding insurance claims and applications for benefits.

In words that would be repeated across the city, he bitterly denounced the Senate majority for condemning the four hundred, and promised to use the office of city prefect to assist relatives of the victims.

There is substantial evidence that people who have migrated to Britain quite commonly send sums of money on a regular basis to assist relatives still living in their country of origin.

Further, it created four new classes of immigrants who could come to Canada: refugees, families, assisted relatives, and independent immigrants.

In order to assist relatives in identifying and in claiming the bodies later, officials took photographs, fingerprints, and DNA samples from the bodies prior to their interment in temporary graves.

They assist poorer relatives with school fees and job opportunities.