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Jim Justice: “We hunted bodies all over the place. We found three…”

Featuring: Jim Justice, Republican | U.S. Senate, West Virginia

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Jim Justice Honors Victims, First Responders On 10th Anniversary Of 2016 West Virginia Flash Flood

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

A third of the population, a third of the entire population of the entire state was without power. It was just flat. Unbelievable. But to take it one step further, We hunted bodies all over the place. We found three different bodies on the golf courses. And I think about Ashley Cadle, you know, a young lady who absolutely served in our US Army. Imagine this. (04:21–04:28)

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