Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 12:02 am | Updated: 12:37 am, Sun Jan 21, 2018.

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Frigid, drizzling rain danced across a pair of car headlights Monday night, as a crew of huddled masses assembled at dusk. It was the sixth time in a row this particular group had met, working until 3 or 4 a.m. each time before calling it a night.

Their words sending out billows of visible breath, the workers called out for items needed, settling in for another long one. Another cold one. Another wet one.

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