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ALS patient discusses fleeing Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

2,392 views · Published 24 September 2018 · 3:47 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: CBS News · 2018 · News & Politics

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While covering Hurricane Maria in 2017, CBS News correspondent David Begnaud met Carmelo Diaz and his wife Bere Padilla. Diaz had been battling ALS for nearly three decades, and was forced to evacuate the island. Begnaud reunited with Diaz in New Orleans where he and his wife now live.

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