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Copters, Boats Rescue Survivors in Vermilion
![Rescue crews were working to help survivors even as the storm was coming ashore Saturday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c0c86ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/200x150+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fnews%2Fimages%2F2005%2Fsep%2F25%2Frescue_200-8a6b5f04bd48f7b5ddf6bb2056bb692066983f62.jpg)
Amy Walters, NPR
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