Tag: Survivors
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Lasting Legacy: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Marks New Era Without Survivors
HONOLULU (AP) — Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive — all centenarians — and this year none is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the…
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Franklin Graham Commemorates Christmas by Dedicating 18 Homes to Kentucky Flood Survivors
Standing in the snow on an eastern Kentucky mountaintop Friday, Rev. Franklin Graham dedicated 18 newly constructed homes in Jesus’ name to families who lost everything in the region’s catastrophic 2022 floods, a moment survivors described as the first real breath of relief they’ve had in three years. “This is Franklin Graham,” he says in…