NEW YORK -- The NFL and the NFL Players Association are contributing $50,000 to help victims of the tsunami that struck American Samoa in September.
Many players with Samoan backgrounds are also raising funds on their own to help victims. The Sept. 29 tsunami spawned by a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 34 people in American Samoa, 183 in Samoa and nine in Tonga.
The league and the union will contribute the money to the American Red Cross through their Disaster Relief Fund.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
