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Relief for Samoa continues to pour in

Published: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 | Read story
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Workers in Western Samoa unload relief supplies from a DC-10 aircraft that arrived from Utah on Oct. 6, 2009.   (Photo courtesy of Samoa Apia Mission)
Photo courtesy of Samoa Apia Mission
Workers in Western Samoa unload relief supplies from a DC-10 aircraft that arrived from Utah on Oct. 6, 2009.
A deadly earthquake-generated tsunami brought horror and despair to coastal regions of the Samoan Islands in the morning hours of Sept. 29. Comfort and relief arrived just two hours later as local priesthood and Relief Society leaders responded, delivering assistance to survivors of the historic disaster that claimed the lives of 25 members.