“They have a hard time thinking positively...
“They have a hard time thinking positively after what they have been through. They think about fear all the time. They don’t believe anyone anymore.”
--Community relations worker Sam Chittapalo, explaining the departure of hundreds of Cambodians from the Los Angeles-Long Beach area because of worries about earthquakes.
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