NBC Nightly News - 1999-04-05 (missing intro)
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[0:01] with more military attacks and stronger
[0:03] language as he tries to keep the
[0:05] pressure on and rally the American
[0:07] people. He said the 13-day old campaign
[0:09] against Mallosich would persist until
[0:11] quote we prevail. Then he announced
[0:14] additional relief for the refugees. We
[0:16] have two reports beginning with NBC's
[0:17] Martin Pletcher with the refugees in
[0:19] Macedonia.
[0:24] The most basic human necessities, water,
[0:27] food, and freedom. 60,000 refugees in
[0:30] this teeming no man's land are desperate
[0:32] for them. Crushing to get through this
[0:35] makeshift gate, a 6- foot wide way out
[0:37] of here and into Macedonia. The Red
[0:40] Cross says 30 have died here. They are
[0:42] the youngest and the oldest, the most
[0:45] vulnerable to exposure, fatigue, and
[0:47] disease. To slow the deaths, the sickest
[0:50] are now pulled from the masses. Often so
[0:52] weak they cannot get out on their own.
[0:55] You can't get them out fast enough.
[0:56] Chris Thomas works for the American Red
[0:58] Cross. He came to survey the situation,
[1:01] assess how much is needed, and
[1:03] immediately realized how huge this
[1:05] problem is. People are begging, begging
[1:07] me to help them out, and I can't. I
[1:09] don't have the the power. Reuniting
[1:11] family members lost in the crush of the
[1:13] crowds.
[1:16] Everybody is asking for help.
[1:18] Everybody's lost somebody in the massive
[1:20] crowd down there. It's just a sea of
[1:22] misery. And on the other side of the
[1:24] border, there's another 50,000 refugees
[1:26] trying to get here. In the camp's only
[1:29] medical clinic, drink.
[1:32] He's exhausted completely. Part of the
[1:34] chaos, there's a shortage of medical
[1:36] supplies. Doctors d