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A life forever changed: One refinery worker’s story

by Emma Schwartz March 2, 2011January 7, 2022

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A life forever changed: One refinery worker’s story

by Emma Schwartz, Center for Public Integrity
March 2, 2011

<h1>A life forever changed: One refinery worker’s story</h1>
<p class="byline">by Emma Schwartz, Center for Public Integrity <br />March 2, 2011</p>
 
<p>When an accident at the Citgo oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, left Jose Herrera terribly burned, his life was forever changed.</p>
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