Smashed by Irma, St. Martin draws startling response from France
British Anguillians are desperate for help and have complained that they have not received as much aid as their French neighbor island of St. Martin. But the toll ...
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HARI SREENIVASAN: Now the latest from the Northeast Caribbean, where Irma hardest. Thousands of people are still desperate for help on St. Martin and Anguilla. We get more from Alex Thomson of Independent Television News. ALEX THOMSON: The jetty's broken on this Anguilla beach. Most pumps are wrecked. So you fill up by hand. But, as we do, people arrive desperate to help their families over in St. Martin. MAN: It's not good news, what we're hearing about St. Martin, so it's about getting my family over here right now. ALEX THOMSON: The British Anguillans keep saying that French St. Martin, up ahead, was far worse hit, but the French government responded quicker. We want to find out. Approaching St. Martin, the waterside concrete buildings gutted, as if some passing...
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HARI SREENIVASAN: Now the latest from the Northeast Caribbean, where Irma hardest. Thousands of people are still desperate for help on St. Martin and Anguilla. We get more from Alex Thomson of Independent Television News. ALEX THOMSON: The jetty's broken on this Anguilla beach. Most pumps are wrecked. So you fill up by hand. But, as we do, people arrive desperate to help their families over in St. Martin. MAN: It's not good news, what we're hearing about St. Martin, so it's about getting my family over here right now. ALEX THOMSON: The British Anguillans keep saying that French St. Martin, up ahead, was far worse hit, but the French government responded quicker. We want to find out. Approaching St. Martin, the waterside concrete buildings gutted, as if some passing...
