Came here to escape settlers 300 years ago, building homes in the marshland. Our people always had our villages along bayou waterways because it just provided so much for us. But today an ecological disaster is unfolding, threatening the tribes traditions and most of all, its land. An area of land the size of manhattan is subtracted from south louisiana every 10 months it turns to water. A football field every 30 minutes, an area the size of delaware the whole state of delaware since the 1930s. Its just astonishing how much land is being disappeared. Fault lines is here to find out why southern louisiana is now one of the fastest disappearing landmasses on the planet. And to ask whos responsible for the crisis. Yeah this place used to be really pretty at one time. And not that long ago really. I think in another 10 years, this will all be water. Definitely the trees aint coming back. Over the past hundred years nearly two thousand square miles of land have been wiped from the map of lo
Building homes in the marshland. Our people always had our villages along bayou waterways because it just provided so much for us. But today an ecological disaster is unfolding, threatening the tribes traditions and most of all, its land. An area of land the size of manhattan is subtracted from south louisiana every 10 months it turns to water. A football field every 30 minutes, an area the size of delaware the whole state of delaware since the 1930s. Its just astonishing how much land is being disappeared. Fault lines is here to find out why southern louisiana is now one of the fastest disappearing landmasses on the planet. And to ask whos responsible for the crisis. Yeah this place used to be really pretty at one time. And not that long ago really. I think in another 10 years, this will all be water. Definitely the trees aint coming back. Over the past hundred years nearly two thousand square miles of land have been wiped from the map of louisiana. Weve come to the isle de jean charl
Raymond clarks ancestors came here to escape settlers 300 years ago, building homes in the marshland. Our people always had our villages along bayou waterways because it just provided so much for us. But today an ecological disaster is unfolding, threatening the tribes traditions and most of all, its land. An area of land the size of manhattan is subtracted from south louisiana every 10 months it turns to water. A football field every 30 minutes, an area the size of delaware the whole state of delaware since the 1930s. Its just astonishing how much land is being disappeared. Fault lines is here to find out why southern louisiana is now one of the fastest disappearing landmasses on the planet. And to ask whos responsible for the crisis. Yeah this place used to be really pretty at one time. And not that long ago really. I think in another 10 years, this will all be water. Definitely the trees aint coming back. Over the past hundred years nearly two thousand square miles of land have been
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know them. reporter: schaefer was born in baltimore, november 2, 1921. he served in the army, became a lawyer, then got into politics, winning most elections by a landslide. reporter: for all of his impatience with excuses in bureaucracy, he always had time for a citizen to approach him in any setting and had a problem. he wanted help. he went to work every day, committed to doing the work of the people. reporter: schaefer s favorite job was mayor. he tackled problems hands-on and promoted the city with humor. he was big so the city could be big. and that he used all of his personality to promote the city. because he had a deep faith that baltimore s best days were yet to come. here it is. reporter: in november of 2009, schaefer was honored with a statue at harbor place, one of his proudest accomplishments. the ceremony was one of his last public appearances. thank you for coming. you don t know what it means to me. in the sort of the twilight of your life. you