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Love Thy Neighbor

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Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

As communities across the Southern United States set about recovering from one of the most devastating hurricane seasons ever, we're doing what Mr. Rogers always told us to do when the news is scary: we're looking for the helpers. In this episode, two stories about people who have stepped up for their neighbors, despite their differences.

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end of the episode.

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0:38.4

This fall has brought one of the most devastating hurricane seasons ever.

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Turning to the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Helene. devastating hurricane

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season's ever.

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the death toll now rising to at least 215.

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The

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death toll now rising to prepare for hurricane Milton a storm that could be one of the worst to ever hit the state.

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A hurricane.

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And tore into Florida as a powerful category 3, of course adding new misery to that region

1:00.3

already left ravaged by Helene. See a lot of flooding.

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And so in this episode, as communities hit hard, said about recovering,

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we're doing what Mr. Rogers always told us to do when the news is scary.

1:12.0

We're looking for the helpers.

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In this episode of our season called Stepping Up,

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we've got two stories about people who really do live that whole

1:24.8

love-night neighbor thing. I'm Jasmine Norris and I'm Michael Garofalo. It's the

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