Article March 19, 1990 Issue

POSITIVE PRESS

Michael Kelly

The Boston Globe

From The Boston Globe, July 22, 1989, by Michael Kelly

"Quickly, Sioux City emerged as a hero"

"In the crash of United Flight 232, the hero is Sioux City.

"... the people of this meat-packing town of 82,000 have responded with courage, compassion and extraordinary donations of time and effort.

"But those who live here say it was no big deal; they were just doing what comes naturally. Most of the 82,000 people who live here are middle-class or poor, and there are not a lot of frills.

"'We're most of us raised in farming communities to believe that if someone needs help with a corp, you just go over and pitch in,' said Elly Dunagan, who makes a modest living in a screen door factory. "That's the nature of the whole city. When someone needs help, you help them. You might need help yourself one day.'"

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