Today's Interview: The Ukraine crisis called, this Georgetown couple went

WEKU | By Tom Martin

Published April 4, 2022 at 7:23 AM EDT

Robert and Linda Cornett at the Polish border with supplies for refugees from Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has at least one silver lining: it has brought out the best in people - including people from Kentucky. For Today’s Interview, Tom Martin talked with one who went the extra mile.

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