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Again, from the Times Picayune feed.
At 91 years old, Booker Harris ended his days propped on a lawn chair, covered by a yellow quilt and abandoned, dead, in front of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Mr. Harris died in the back of a Ryder panel truck Wednesday afternoon, as he and his 93-year-old wife, Allie, were evacuated from eastern New Orleans. The truck's driver deposited Allie and her husband's body on the Convention Center Boulevard neutral ground.
And there it remained.
With 3,000 or more evacuees stranded at the convention center -- and with no apparent contingency plan or authority to deal with them -- collecting a body was no one's priority. It was just another casualty in Hurricane Katrina's wake.
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FREMONT, CALIF - An obviously distraught Joe Horn said he feels impassioned to do something that can make a difference in New Orleans.
Few Saints players are as tied to the community as the veteran wide receiver, who is in his sixth season with the team. He said when the players get three days off this weekend, he plans to head in to the city.
“I’m going to try to get in there. I’m going to try to do something,” Horn said. “I’m going to try to help, donate money and try to feed the families. I’m going to do whatever I can, because I feel like that’s a part of my family that’s starving.
“If I have to spend a million dollars in getting food, trying to help people get food, whatever I have to do to help people, help monetarily, help all I can, I’m going to do it.”
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-- George Primo of Buras and three others survived Katrina by clinging to the top of a roof after his friends' house floated loose from its pilings.
Life preservers and a strong personal sense of preservation helped them
weather the night and strong winds. They floated to the roof as the water rose. When the eye of the storm came over and brought temporary calm, they broke into the attic for shelter. They were even joined for a while by a nutria.
A Coast Guard helicopter rescued them Monday at 5 p.m.
"This hurricane has changed everything", said Primo as he contemplated the high water and loss of lives and land. "We didn't have a chance. In 15 minutes the water rose 16 feet."
At 91 years old, Booker Harris ended his days propped on a lawn chair, covered by a yellow quilt and abandoned, dead, in front of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Mr. Harris died in the back of a Ryder panel truck Wednesday afternoon, as he and his 93-year-old wife, Allie, were evacuated from eastern New Orleans. The truck's driver deposited Allie and her husband's body on the Convention Center Boulevard neutral ground.
And there it remained.
With 3,000 or more evacuees stranded at the convention center -- and with no apparent contingency plan or authority to deal with them -- collecting a body was no one's priority. It was just another casualty in Hurricane Katrina's wake.
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FREMONT, CALIF - An obviously distraught Joe Horn said he feels impassioned to do something that can make a difference in New Orleans.
Few Saints players are as tied to the community as the veteran wide receiver, who is in his sixth season with the team. He said when the players get three days off this weekend, he plans to head in to the city.
“I’m going to try to get in there. I’m going to try to do something,” Horn said. “I’m going to try to help, donate money and try to feed the families. I’m going to do whatever I can, because I feel like that’s a part of my family that’s starving.
“If I have to spend a million dollars in getting food, trying to help people get food, whatever I have to do to help people, help monetarily, help all I can, I’m going to do it.”
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-- George Primo of Buras and three others survived Katrina by clinging to the top of a roof after his friends' house floated loose from its pilings.
Life preservers and a strong personal sense of preservation helped them
weather the night and strong winds. They floated to the roof as the water rose. When the eye of the storm came over and brought temporary calm, they broke into the attic for shelter. They were even joined for a while by a nutria.
A Coast Guard helicopter rescued them Monday at 5 p.m.
"This hurricane has changed everything", said Primo as he contemplated the high water and loss of lives and land. "We didn't have a chance. In 15 minutes the water rose 16 feet."
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