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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 souther...

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 disapp...

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 her...

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 h...

four terms as mayor. >> he remained a fighter. >> reporter: political ally, senator barbara miculs we, will be -- mikulski, will be one of the speakers at his funeral. >> he was a friend. but he was a friend to a lot of people. heaftion a friend to the -- he was a friend to the cab driver. he was a friend to the waitress at werner's. he was a friend to the top businesses in the community. he knew everybody. and most of all, he worked to know them. >> reporter: schaefer was born in baltimore, november 2, 1921. he served in the army, became a lawyer, then got into politics, winning mos...