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Couple grabbed staircase, floated off
Hurricane damage is extensive along the coast of Crystal Beach, Texas. (CNN)

Couple grabbed staircase, floated off

Paul and Kathi Norton overslept as Hurricane Ike closed in on their home in Crystal Beach, Texas. So they decided to tough it out. As the storm battered the house it began to collapse. "We dove out the door and grabbed the staircase and we floated off," Kathi Norton said. full story
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