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Can-do spirit prevails in Mississippi - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com Page 3 of 4
$1 billion hit. Washington Parish president Toye Taylor says they too have been ignored.
"We knew that help was not coming/' he says. "Sometimes we are the forgotten parish, or the forgotten area."
But like many we met Thursday, he says folks aren't waiting for what the government will give them. Instead, they make do with what they have.
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