Photos: Puerto Rico, eight months after disaster
Associated Press photographer Ramon Espinosa revisits Puerto Rico eight months after Hurricane Maria.
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A printed photograph taken on Oct. 7, 2017 sits at the same spot where Puerto Rican National Guards delivered food and water to desperate residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on a farm in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 26, 2018. For two months, stranded residents came to this spot for supplies handed out by the National Guard after the passing of the storm. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A printed photo taken on Sept. 29, 2017 showing police lifting the coffin of officer Luis Angel Gonzalez Lorenzo, who was killed during the passage of Hurricane Maria when he tried to cross a river in his car, is shown at the same cemetery in Aguada, Puerto Rico, May 31, 2018. The local police force of Aguadilla and Aguada lacks about a dozen officers since the storm, due to resignations and retirements. The U.S. territory's bankruptcy has frozen promotions, salaries, new hires and some police academies have even closed. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Arden Dragoni holds a printed photo taken on Oct. 5, 2017 that shows him with his wife Sindy, three children and dog Max, amid the remains of his home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, as he stands at the same spot where his home remains in shambles in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, May 28, 2018. The unemployed construction worker and security guard is currently separated from his family while his wife and his children live in a FEMA subsidized apartment, and he lives with his father. "The hurricane brought us many calamities but my lesson was to value my family from my heart," said Dragoni. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Rafael Reyes holds a printed photo of him taken on Oct. 7, 2017 showing him amid the remains of his wooden home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, as he sits at his property in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 26, 2018. The 41-year-old father and husband who collects Social Security has been living with his in-laws and says he plans to rebuild with FEMA's $31,000 assistance, but will need another $50,000 to finish it. This time, he says he'll build it in stone, instead of wood. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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William Fontan Quintero and his wife Yadira Sostre pose with a printed photo of them taken on Sept. 30, 2017 when they sat amid the rubble of their home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, at the same spot where they rebuilt their home, behind, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2018. The couple says FEMA rejected their application for financial help but they received $8,000 from family to help them replace their belongings, which they invested in wood to build a small home, behind, where they live with their two children who are university students. The roof is plastic tarp while they wait for their FEMA application to be approved so they can finish rebuilding. "We don't have time to build anything safe without help," said Quintero. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A printed photograph of a jeep crossing a river on Oct. 7, 2017 sits placed on a new bridge that stands above the spot where the print was taken after Hurricane Maria washed out the old bridge in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 26, 2018. People on both sides of the bridge were left stranded when it collapsed, turning a 45 minute commute to the other side into a three hour oddesy. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Roberto Figueroa Caballero holds a printed photo taken on Oct. 5, 2017 of him amid his seaside home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, as he stands on the same property with his pet dog in the La Perla neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2018. Figueroa, who found a job at a pizzeria, aims to rebuild his home and is appealing FEMA's second rejection of his application. Figueroa's dog was not allowed to go with him to a donated apartment where he lives now, so he visits his property daily to feed and care for him. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A printed photo taken on Oct. 17, 2017 showing a U.S. army helicopter transporting material to repair the Guajataca Dam, which was damaged during Hurricane Maria, is shown in front of the same location where repairs continue in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, May 31, 2018. The 345-yard (316-meter) dam, which was built around 1928, holds back a manmade lake covering about 2 square miles (5 square kilometers). (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Juana Sostre Vazquez holds a printed photograph of her taken after Hurricane Maria destroyed her home, as she poses with her family inside her new, cinderblock home that has a temporary roof in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 26, 2018. Last year's storm ripped Sostre's wooden home off its foundation in the central mountain highlands. Living on food stamps and Social Security payments, the 69-year-old grandmother rebuilt with the help of her son-in-law and $14,000 in FEMA aid. She said her metal roof is nailed to wooden two-by-fours because she couldn't afford to build stronger and hopes the next hurricane won't send it flying. "The money didn't let us do the roof," she said. "I'm doing it little by little as I save a couple of dollars." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Blanca Rivera and Eduard Rodriguez pose with a printed photo of them that was taken on Sept. 30, 2017 as they slept in their car after their home was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 26, 2018. The couple says FEMA rejected their request for financial help to rebuild, so they sold their car to build a room next to his mother's house, behind. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A printed photograph taken on Sept. 28, 2017 shows people bathing on the highway after Hurricane Maria destroyed people's homes, held up at the same spot of the highway where motorcyclists ride past in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, May 27, 2018. Thanks to the owners of the land alongside the highway, creek water was piped to the side of the road for people without water to use for bathing, washing clothes and dishes. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Luis Cosme poses on the roof of his new home as he holds a printed photo taken on Oct. 1, 2017 showing him on his property destroyed by Hurricane Maria in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 26, 2018. Cosme, who is retired from a cleaning company, rebuilt is home with cinderblocks instead of wood. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)