Tag: survivors
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Witnesses and survivors describe deadly collapse at dock in Georgia
Demands for a federal investigation mount as witnesses and survivors of a gangway collapse at a dock in Georgia describe the “catastrophic failure” that killed seven people traveling for a festival celebrating Gullah Geechee history. At a news conference Tuesday morning, Regina Brinson described being on the dock when she heard a crack. She was…
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Maine shooting survivors claim Army negligence and FDA’s weight-loss drug decision: Morning Rundown
What Republicans are planning after 2020’s chaos at a Detroit vote tally. A surprise move by the FDA allows compounded weight-loss drugs to stay in production. And a foot found on Mount Everest might belong to climber who disappeared 100 years ago. Here’s what to know today. How Trump allies stoked election chaos in 2020…
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100 Lewiston mass shooting survivors and victims’ families claim U.S. military negligence
One year after an Army reservist perpetrated a mass shooting across Lewiston, Maine, lawyers representing survivors and families of the victims said Tuesday they are pursuing negligence claims against the federal government that could pave the way for 100 individual lawsuits. The claimants are serving legal notices of their intent to sue the Defense Department,…
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Fake images of hurricane survivors have become a bizarre meme
Pluto holding a girl in his paws while trekking through a flooded Disney World. Godzilla crying while cradling a giant bug in a flooded city street. A small girl in a lifejacket seated on a boat next to a green alien baby. Absurd and comical rescue images that appear to have been made with artificial…
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After the storm, North Carolina faces daunting task of housing survivors left homeless
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The deluge came furiously — and shockingly fast. Speaking from a makeshift shelter at a local technical college here, James Yulon Ferguson recalled this week how he escaped with a friend on Sept. 27 shortly before the rising floodwaters reached the roof of his trailer along the Swannanoa River. After the storm,…
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Hurricane Helene live updates: Hope fades in search for flooding disaster survivors
Hurricane Helene live updates: Hope fades in search for flooding disaster survivors
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Grief and anger mix as Tennessee plastic plant survivors say permission to leave came too late
Bertha Mendoza made a final call to her husband of 38 years as raging Hurricane Helene floodwaters trapped her and others at a Tennessee plastics plant. Workers have said they were allowed to leave when water was already swamping its parking lot in Erwin on Friday. In a call to her husband, Elias Mendoza, Bertha,…
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Search for survivors ongoing following Hurricane Helene’s devastation
Days after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast and killed more than 100 people in six states, the search for survivors continued Monday as dozens of people across multiple states remained missing. Though Helene first made landfall Thursday in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, its devastation has spread much farther. North Carolina accounted for the…
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Storm survivors at a packed shelter in Asheville are still in shock
Ferguson said a neighbor drove him to higher ground before the low-lying area where they lived was inundated by floodwaters. He said the water came up to the roof of his home and lifted it off its moorings before it slammed into another trailer. When the waters receded a bit, Ferguson was able to get…