NY isn't the only place to suffer

ON October 27, I wonder how many anniversary supplements and television documentaries will remind us “lest we forget”? We have already forgotten.

NY isn't the only place to suffer
Mon, 09 Sep, 2002 - 01:00

On October 27, 1998, Hurricane Mitch ripped out the heart of Honduras, resulting in 5,657 deaths twice that of September 11.

Last month, millions of Chinese people faced death when the Yangtze river threatened to flood. There was barely a media whisper.

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