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Despite the loss, Andres Salazar’s clients have stepped in to help by advertising his situation on social media and by word of mouth.

More than 500 workers turned up at the KIWA’s event, several hundred more than initially expected as word of the government program and the registration clinic spread by word of mouth.

From there, stories of Nguyen’s firearms proficiency spread by word of mouth.

Many attendees said they had learned about the event by word of mouth, often on WhatsApp groups with fellow immigrants.

Others saw fliers or were drawn by word of mouth.