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Vietnamese Fishermen Search for the Monetary Value of a Lost Culture

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Barry Yeoman - KRVS - Lafayette, LA

Entry Date: February 14, 2011
Total Time: 00:05:45

Description: Kenneth Feinberg, the Boston attorney in charge of reviewing claims for the BP oil spill, says he expects to start paying interim and final claims later this month. But as Louisiana’s Vietnamese-American fishing community has learned, some losses are harder to quantify than others—especially when what’s at stake is a way of life.

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