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  • As the divers worked their way around at least a dozen submerged vehicles, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced a $5 million grant to help pay for rerouting traffic patterns around the disaster site.

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  • Peters added that "none of those ratings indicated there was any kind of danger."

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