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    Families hold out hope for dozens missing in fires

    by Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Oct 18, 2017 4 minutes

    SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Gina Russell never used to answer calls from unknown numbers.

    That changed last week when wildfires roared through Santa Rosa, where her son was staying.

    Nine days later, Russell's son Christopher Le Loup, 26, still hasn't contacted her. She picks up her phone every time it rings, desperate for news that has not come.

    The questions run relentlessly through her mind: Is he with friends? Is he hurt? Is he even alive?

    "Not knowing is the hardest part," Russell said, her voice breaking. "Whatever happened to him, wherever he is ... . Please, God, I need to know. Anything has to be better than this."

    More than a week after

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