Council responds to Gulf of Mexico disaster
Faulkner also told about the socioeconomic effects the Alaska spill had had on the residents of Cordova. Depression, alcoholism, spousal abuse, and suicides increased in the small, close-knit town in the years after the Exxon spill.
“I worked very hard to always emphasize that they needed to take fifteen minutes a day to spend time with their families. It was important — to reconnect, to keep it hallowed,” Faulkner said of her advice to Gulf residents.
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