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Workers clean up a pile of debris from a collapsed metal building, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 in Raymondville, Texas, after Tropical storm Hermine swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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A car passes by a stop sign, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 in South Padre Island, Texas, after tropical storm Hermine swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Manager Juan Cortez surveys a room at his motel, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 in Raymondville, Texas. The motel lost a portion of its roof when tropical storm Hermine swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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A car makes its way around a broken tree in San Antonio, Texas as Tropical Storm Hermine brings rains and winds to the area, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)

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A pedestrian holds an umbrella in downtown San Antonio, Texas Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010 as Tropical Storm Hermine dumps rains in the area. Numerous Central Texas counties remain under a flash flood watch until midnight Tuesday according to the National Weather Service. Two to 5 inches of rain are expected to fall in the area. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)

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A commuter waits on a empty platform at the closed Victoria underground station in London, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Millions of Londoners are struggling to get to work by road, rail boat and bicycle as a strike by London Underground workers shuts down much of the city's subway system. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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A pedestrian holds an umbrella in downtown San Antonio on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, as Tropical Storm Hermine dumps rain in the area. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)

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** FILE ** In this photo provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Angelina Jolie, left, the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR, sits with Pakistani flood-affected women during her visit to a camp for people displaced by heavy floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/United Nations High Commission for Refugees, J. Tanner)

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In this July 6, 2010 photo, Dr. Dan Ivankovich, left, helps his patient Bazelais Suy blow out the candles during Suy's birthday party Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, Bazelais Suy rests next to a motivational sign after attempting to stand at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, as he recovers from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, Bazelais Suy grimaces in pain as he attempts to stand at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while recovering from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, a therapist helps Bazelais Suy stand with parallel bars at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while recovering from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, in Chicago, Bazelais Suy works with therapist Kate Silverman, and translator Ilyas Bourchid at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while recovering from surgery to repair his shattered spine. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, works with therapists at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy returns to his room after working with rehab therapists at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, center, walks with the help of Dr. Dan Ivankovich and registered nurse Rosite Merentie at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, walks with the help of Dr. Dan Ivankovich and registered nurse Rosite Merentie at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, left, and Dr. Dan Ivankovich hug after Suy's rehab session at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy talks with doctors at Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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In this photo taken June 22, 2010, Bazelais Suy, right, Dr. Dan Ivankovich and registered nurse Rosite Merentie discuss plans to send Suy home from Glencrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Chicago. Suy is a Haitian student activist whose spine was crushed when a university building collapsed in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake last January. He was airlifted to Chicago for six months of intensive rehabilitation and recently returned to Haiti with hopes of helping rebuild the country. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)