Haitians in New York Struggle to Recover From Sandy
Ricot Dupuy (Photo: BelTiFi/Facebook)
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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