Jackson claims barge caused levee breach

Thursday, October 13, 2005

NEW ORLEANS -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson charged Wednesday that there is ample evidence that a runaway barge punched a hole in a barrier that led to the flooding of poor black neighborhoods in the eastern section of the city.

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