MOUNT VERNON, New York (WABC) -- Nearly 200 people in Mount Vernon won't be able to return to their homes for Thanksgiving after a fire ripped through their apartment complex this weekend, but the tragic moment has brought out the best in the community.

So many residents have stepped up to help the victims that officials are now telling people to stop making donations. On Thursday, the city is organizing a Thanksgiving football game to benefit the victims.

Angela Bennett, a volunteer, could be home preparing for Thanksgiving instead of sorting through trash bags of donated clothes, but the mountain of generosity, bags filled with the bare necessities for people who lost everything in a fire, would not be possible without the magic of community.

When asked why she feels personally oblig

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