Gruesome Task of Collecting Bodies Begins; Identifying the Dead and Notifying the Relatives Could Be Difficult

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With the waters receding, New Orleans faces a ghastly task of epic dimensions not seen by an American city in perhaps a century: collecting, identifying and then burying potentially thousands of corpses, many of them bloated, decayed or no doubt mangled beyond recognition.

Already, officials said they have 25,000 body bags on hand in Louisiana, and a temporary warehouse morgue is being readied to handle 5,000 dead.

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Gruesome Task of Collecting Bodies Begins; Identifying the Dead and Notifying the Relatives Could Be Difficult

The challenge, though, is more than a question of space and equipment. Among other things: How do you establish the victims' names, especially when many of them were so poor they probably did...

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