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Naples waits for Irma: 'Just think how many millions of people have been scared in the last week'

People gather around the beach in Naples before the arrival of Hurricane Irma into Southwest Florida on Friday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Zachary T. Sampson
Investigative Editor

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