Katrina "Hero"
Remember that guy hailed as a hero for "commandeering" a bus to evacuate folks from the West Bank to Houston? Seems it wasn't the first thing he had ever commandeered.
posted by Thurston J Morphy III at
9:13 AM
2 Comments:
I dunno. So some criminal / junkie rose to the occasion and did a good thing, while everybody in the leadership (and I use the word loosely here) were paralyzed. This one got publicity, but I suspect there are hundreds of such stories, maybe thousands. Some crazy number of folks (tens of thousands?) were rescued by fellow citizens in 'borrowed' boats. I heard after the water went down, there were abandoned boats everywhere. The Coast Guard helicopters did a heck of a job and got lots of TV coverage, but I understand they rescued only a small fraction of the people in the flooded areas.
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Dr. Steven Morphy-Godchaux III, at Mon May 22, 09:59:00 AM CDT
You are correct about the citizenry stepping up to form impromptu rescue brigades.
Maybe the city should store those boats somewhere for use during the next flood?
By
Thurston J Morphy III, at Mon May 22, 10:35:00 AM CDT
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