Battling Flooding, They Rise to the Occasion
From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of students answered an urgent call for sandbaggers to protect homes in Fargo from the rising Red River, expected to crest about 20 feet above flood stage this week.
More than 660 students from three high schools joined the sandbagging effort -- and did so well, so quickly that they were given the job of piling the sandbags as well as filling them, said Fargo School District spokesman Lowell Wolff.
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