Families of contaminated heparin victims tell stories of deaths

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Leroy Hubley of Toledo Ohio who lost his wife and son after they received heparin reads his opening statement on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday April 292008 while testifying before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the tainted ...
Leroy Hubley of Toledo, Ohio, who lost his wife and son after they received heparin, reads his opening statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 29,2008, while testifying before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the tainted pharmaceutical Heparin. (Photo/Susan Walsh)

(AP) -- The widow of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday "we have a false sense of security" in a land where people expect to be protected and safe.


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