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Eleanor Holmes Norton: We cannot sit by and really hope that outsized disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 will never occur again.

On the recordJuly 26, 2009
We cannot sit by and really hope that outsized disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 will never occur again.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for preparedness against future catastrophic disasters.

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