For many Gulf oil spill victims, a glum Christmas

December 26, 2010 by  

In this Dec. 21, 2010 photo, Vickie Perrin, left, and Joannie Hughes carry Christmas gifts that they plan to distribute to 112 Plaquemines Parish families, many of whom were impacted by the BP PLC oil spill, in Jesuit Bend, La. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP – Even before the Gulf oil spill, Jennifer Reddick was just getting by, living paycheck to paycheck as she tried to support six children on the $400 a week she made working part time as a deckhand and shrimp net maker.


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