'Hands Across Sands' attracts thousands - Democratic Underground

'Hands Across Sands' attracts thousands - Democratic Underground

'Hands Across Sands' attracts thousands

MIAMI, June 27 (UPI) -- Some people hit the beaches in South Florida not to sunbath but to call for an end to offshore drilling as oil from the BP leak lapped the state's shores.

The Miami Herald reported groups of activists small and large Saturday added up to thousands participating in "Hands Across the Sands" to protest what one of them, Sarah Mullins, 20, of Kendall, Fla., called "the worst oil spill that has happened in my lifetime."

"This is our Miami, this is our beach, and we need to stop offshore oil drilling," she declared at South Beach.

She was among hundreds of protesters who held hands to create human chains in the sand, some chanting "No drill, no spill!"

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