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November 19, 1998

In the Wake of Hurricane Mitch, a Long Recovery Begins

98-2256

Episcopal News Service
Kathryn McCormick, Associate Director of News and Information at The Episcopal Church Center

[A basket where a Honduran...] — A basket where a Honduran bridge was before Hurricane Mitch struck. Two men share the hastily built basket ferry that spans the gaping hole left by the destruction of a bridge at the Honduran town of La Cieba. Local residents told an American medical and construction missionary team that the town's mayor and police chief, who were inspecting the bridge during the storm, were swept away with the flood that broke open a huge part of the bridge structure. (Episcopal News Service photo by Rev. Don LeGer)