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Students retrieve personal items after church collapse

January 26, 2024 6:24 pm • Last Updated: January 26, 2024 8:08 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

d.jensen@theday.com

A Connecticut College student, second right, talks to members of the New London Fire Department in front of the Manwaring building, where Conn College students reside, after picking up personal items on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The students were evacuated Thursday after the collapse of the First Congregational Church next door on State Street in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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New London ― Connecticut College students were able to retrieve personal items Friday after being evacuated Thursday following the collapse of the First Congregational Church next door.

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