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Professors fight for Puerto Rico

Professors fight for Puerto Rico

By Associated Press | October 23, 2017

A resident walks by Electric Power Authority worker Ezequiel Rivera Oct. 19 as he restores distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Without air-conditioning, many residents have resorted to using washboards to clean clothes and sleeping on their balconies for relief from daytime temperatures above 90 degrees.