Disaster_Accident

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Brandy Smith, left; Kole Smith, center, and Sandra Smith, right, speak to reporters following a court hearing Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N. J., at which their family asked a judge to order a section of beach in North Wildwood, N,J., to be permanently closed. Brad Smith was walking on the beach in July 2012 when the sand near the water’s edge gave way, plunging him and Brandy into the swirling waters of an inlet. Brady was rescued by a passerby but her father died. Two others died in a nearly identical accident at the same spot in 2009. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2017, file photo, flowers, images and a jersey are among the items at the front of the room where Kansas City Royals' Yordano Ventura was remembered by members and employees of the baseball team in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals are reporting to spring training in Arizona with expectations of competing for another AL Central title after missing the postseason a year ago. But the task became even more challenging after the death of young flamethrower Yordano Ventura, who was killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. (John Sleezer/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

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Firefighters work a fire at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline in Paradis, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP)

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A fire burns at a Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)

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A fire burns at a Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)

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Vehicles and a power pole smoke next to a fire at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline in Paradis, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP)

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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016 file photo, dead common murres lie washed up on a rocky beach in Whittier, Alaska. A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to Alaska, researchers have pinned the cause to unusually warm ocean temperatures that affected the tiny fish they eat.(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Patric Hornqvist (72) dives while taking a shot on Colorado Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard (31) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Matt Murray (30) celebrates a win with teammate Patric Hornqvist (72) following the Penguins' 4-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) reaches for the puck in front of Colorado Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov (16) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby eyes the puck on a face-off against the Colorado Avalanche during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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FILE- In this Jan. 4, 2008, file photo cars approach the toll booth at the George Washington bridge in Fort Lee, N.J. Most drivers grudgingly pay tolls on bridges and highways but some go to great lengths to avoid them. And many of those drivers have racked up thousands of dollars in unpaid tolls and related fees that can lead to theft and other criminal charges. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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FILE- In this April 24, 2002, file photo cars pass through toll lanes as they enter the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 9 in East Brunswick, N.J. Most drivers grudgingly pay tolls on bridges and highways but some go to great lengths to avoid them. And many of those drivers have racked up thousands of dollars in unpaid tolls and related fees that can lead to theft and other criminal charges. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)

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Colorado Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov (16) checks Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Tom Kuhnhackl (34) against the boards during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Phil Kessel celebrates a goal against the against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby moves the puck against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Colorado Avalanche defenseman Mark Barberio (45) slips between Pittsburgh Penguins center Matt Cullen (7) and Eric Fehr (16) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Colorado Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard (31) lets the puck slip past for a goal by Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Phil Kessel (81) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Self-styled hippie Kitty Morgan opened a store called Summer of Love less than a year after Ellicott City floods destroyed her former place of employment.

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Sally Tennant, owner of Discoveries gift shop, reopened her formerly flooded Ellicott City shop in November, a feat she said would not have been possible were it not for volunteers and neighbors who pitched in to help. (Photographs by Julia Brouillette/The Washington Times)