. >> butch sullivan owns the service station in homestead. the town was hit especially hard. there was no water, no phone service, no electricity. just to buy ice, residents had to drive out of town and wait in long lines. but sullivan needed an emergency generator. $2000, $2500 pay cash, no credit cards, no checks, cash. they would not accept anything. fed, suzy the fernandez were in charge of shipping cash to local banks. tuesday, august 25th, was the busiest day on record. paid out thatwas day. it was a very heavy day. hectic. it was done manually. no computers. >> the $99 million was sent out to local banks throughout south florida. including the first national bank homestead. >> we got deliveries every day, every morning, early. we got large amounts of cash. and lots of large bills. the fed again is whatever we wanted, whatever we needed. thursday, august 27, south florida is beginning the long process of rebuilding. hurricane andrew has left more than 300,000 people without homes. it is the most expensive national -- natural disaster in u.s. history. many people did eve

butch sullivan needed an emergency generator. >> you had to pay cash. no credit cards, no checks. they would not accept anything. >> back at the fed, they were in charge of shipping cash to local banks. tuesday, august 25, was the busiest and record. >> $99 million that day. it was a very heavy day. everything was done manually. no computers. >> the $99 million was sent out to local banks throughout south toward -- south florida, including the national bank of homestead. >> every dar

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butch sullivan needed an emergency generator. >> you had to pay cash. no credit cards, no checks. they would not accept anything. >> back at the fed, they were in charge of shipping cash to local banks. tuesday, august 25, was the busiest and record. >> $99 million that day. it was a very heavy day. everything was done manually. no computers. >> the $99 million was sent out to local banks throughout south toward -- south florida, including the national bank of homestead. >> every day early, we got large amounts of cash and lots of large bills. the fed is essentially gave us whatever we wanted and needed. >> thursday, august 27, south florida is just beginning the long process of rebuilding. hurricane andrew has left more than 300,000 people without homes. it is the most expensive natural disaster in u.s. history. many people did everything they could to help their neighbors, including workers at the fed. >> the federal reserve is like the main bank to all of these banks. they were going for help. cashanks were in need of because the people were in need of cash, so we were there fo