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Lin-Manuel Miranda, others seek Puerto Rico silver lining

FILE - Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and creator of the award-winning Broadway musical "Hamilton," offers a message of gratitude after receiving a standing ovation at the ending of the play's premiere held at the Santurce Fine Arts Center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 11, 2019. Miranda will travel to Puerto Rico on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, as part of a delegation from the Hispanic Federation to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Maria and survey what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File) FILE - Destroyed communities are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on Sept. 28, 2017, in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Five years after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and exposed the funding problems the Caribbean island has long faced, philanthropists warn that many of those issues remain unaddressed, just like the repairs still needed for the American territory’s physical infrastructure. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) FILE - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority workers repair distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 19, 2017. Five years after Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and exposed the funding problems the Caribbean island has long faced, philanthropists warn that many of those issues remain unaddressed, just like the repairs still needed for the American territory’s physical infrastructure. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File) FILE - Wilfredo Negron stands on the rooftop of one of his properties securing the zinc roof in preparation for the current hurricane season on July 13, 2020, in Corozal, Puerto Rico. Five years after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and exposed the funding problems the Caribbean island has long faced, philanthropists warn that many of those issues remain unaddressed, just like the repairs still needed for the American territory’s physical infrastructure. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)