DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Paul Soliai (SO-lee-eye) is mourning the deaths of at least two relatives on the disaster-stricken Samoas, and he fears the toll for his family could grow worse.
The number of causalities among relatives of Soliai and his wife is unclear. He said virtually all of his family lives on the Pacific islands, where an earthquake and tsunami Tuesday killed at least 150 people.
Soliai said he has been able to reach his family by cell phone. He grew up in the hard-hit port of Pago Pago, and attended college there before being drafted by the Dolphins in 2007.
Soliai said he hasn’t been home since the spring of 2008, when he visited American Samoa for four days for a football camp.
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