PEARLINGTON, MISS. â€" Mississippi wildlife officers and National Guard soldiers rescued at least 75 people from Isaac's flooding Wednesday in Hancock County, including an 88-year-old man who had a stroke as the storm dumped heavy rains on his isolated neighborhood in Pearlington, near the Louisiana state line. The stroke victim was the last person brought out of the neighborhood, about 7:30 p.m. CDT, and Mississippi National Guard 1st Sgt. William Maddox said the man's house is about six miles off the main thoroughfare, U.S. Highway 90. Rescuers...
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