— Allen Marquette, city spokesman for Cordova, as dozens of National Guard members are helping the fishing town dig out from mountains of snow that collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and trapped some people in homes.
“Our priority now is to regain the security we basked in for decades, and this can only be achieved by hitting the terrorists with an iron hand.”
— Syrian President Bashar Assad, who vowed Tuesday to use an “iron hand” to crush those behind Syria’s 10-month-old uprising in which thousands of people have been killed.
“It’s just been relentless, just nonstop. This year is just accumulating.”
— Allen Marquette, city spokesman for Cordova, as dozens of National Guard members are helping the fishing town dig out from mountains of snow that collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and trapped some people in homes.