Two More Bodies Found Near Galveston
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Two More Bodies Found Near Galveston
Searchers have found two more bodies near Galveston, pushing the Texas death toll from Hurricane Ike to 35.
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(October 5, 2008)—The discovery of two more bodies near Galveston has pushed the Texas death toll from Hurricane Ike to 35 and the hurricane’s national death toll to 70.

A search-and-rescue team made the discovery Saturday in debris fields on Goat Island, off the devastated resort area of Bolivar Peninsula.

The bodies were taken to the Galveston County medical examiner's office.

Galveston County Sheriff's Office Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo said he had no other information about the victims.

The bodies are evidently those of coastal residents who either tried to ride out the storm or who waited too long to flee.

Officials say seven people drowned in a storm surge that moved in earlier and with more ferocity than expected.

Nine others died in the grimy, sweaty aftermath when lack of power and medicine exacted its toll.

Eleven people were poisoned by carbon monoxide or killed in fires from the generators they used in their own attempts to survive.

Hundreds of people are still missing three weeks after Ike's assault on Texas.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM

save your sorry comments. What else do you suggest they use the money on.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 5, 2008 at 07:09 PM

I feel sorry for the loved one of these people.....but they did not heed the warnings and now time and money are being wasted (spent) on trying to 'dig' them up!
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