Puerto Rico governor fires emergency director after aid is found sitting in warehouse

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced fired the island's emergency management director on Saturday, after a video showing aid sitting unused in a warehouse went viral on social media. Some of the aid has allegedly been sitting in the warehouse since Hurricane Maria struck in 2017. "There are thousands of people who have made sacrifices to help those in the south, and it is unforgivable that resources were kept in the warehouse," Vázquez said in a statement. -- More...

Residents on the island rush to the warehouse shown in the video in order to recover the aid inside. pic.twitter.com/z86lvAnaEB

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