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Josh Rushing on how his home town has been affected by the steel industry's decline.
Last Modified: 02 May 2009 14:35 GMT

Josh Rushing heads back to his home town of Lone Star, Texas where the biggest employer in town, US Steel, has idled its plant – laying off nearly a thousand

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There, he discovers how the shutdown has affected every member of the community - from former steelworkers to gas station owners, from hair stylists to his own mum.

In the face of a global economic crisis that has brought the manufacturing sector to its knees, Fault Lines reveals how the decline of an iconic industry could lead to the death of a small US town.

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