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Pandemic leaves American Samoa residents stranded, homesick

by Fili SagapoluteleJennifer Sinco Kelleher
| October 13, 2020 9:30 PM

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Makerita Iosefo Vaʻa hasn't been home for nearly eight months — the longest she's ever been away from American Samoa.

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