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Darke County Man Helping Victims Of Typhoon In Phillipines

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published November 12, 2013 at 6:55 AM EST

A Darke County man is going to the Philippines to help people affected by the typhoon. The volunteer identified by the American Red Cross only as "J.W." is a telecommunications specialist who helps restore communication to the hardest-hit areas. He is one of two Red Cross specialists dispatched to the Philippines, where an estimated ten-thousand people were killed by the Category Five typhoon.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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