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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
220,000 individuals lost their lives in this disaster, compared to about 2,000 on the gulf coast, just to put it in scale.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu highlights the scale of loss in Haiti compared to the Gulf Coast disaster.

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