GRAND FORKS, N.D. With icy, muddy floodwater lapping at rooftops,President Clinton flew by helicopter above this swamped ghost townTuesday and pledged nearly half a billion dollars to help Red Rivervictims "in the fight of their lives."
"Every one of those little houses is another life story,"Clinton said, staring down at the once-in-many-lifetimes disaster."It's just. . . ." He trailed off, shaking his head.
With the stench of sewage in the air, the president saw waterspread as far as he could see - covering houses to the gutters, treesto the highest limbs, bridges, businesses, churches and schools.Utility company workers waved at Marine One from the nearly …
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