Haitians in New York Struggle to Recover From Sandy

The World

Among those struggling to recover from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy are members of the Haitian community in New York.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Ricot Dupuy, who hosts a program on a Haitian radio station in Brooklyn.

He says many Haitians there didn’t heed evacuation warnings because they couldn’t imagine this sort of hurricane damage on American shores.

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