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U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Darren Cliffe, right, helps build a sandbag wall around a home to try to save it from rising floodwaters in Brookport, Ill., May 4, 2011. Cliffe, a Reservist, is the senior leader of the Cincinnati-based Marine Security Detachment, which has deployed a disaster response team to the region.

SANDBAG WALL

U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Darren Cliffe, right, helps build a sandbag wall around a home to try to save it from rising floodwaters in Brookport, Ill., May 4, 2011. Cliffe, a Reservist, is the senior leader of the Cincinnati-based Marine Security Detachment, which has deployed a disaster response team to the region.

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