John Thune

Senator Speaks With Larson’s Landing Owner About Damage

By Nathan Johnson
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Published: Saturday, August 13, 2011 1:03 AM CDT

After surveying the flood damage Friday along the Missouri River at Larson’s Landing RV Park west of Yankton, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said the devastation breaks his heart.

“It’s just more of the wreckage of the summer of 2011,” he said at the water’s edge. “It’s another example (in South Dakota) of a lot of people displaced and who have lost everything. We’re a tough people out here, and we get through a lot, but these people are going to have to dig really deep. We’ll work on what we can to help them.”

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