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Survivors Complain About Lack of Help
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| Last Edited | COSDem Sep 01, 2005 10:10pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Friday, September 2, 2005 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The city rescued Isaac Clark and his family and left them in bedlam: surrounded by thousands of increasingly angry, uprooted people, with no food or water and nobody to protect them.
A man died the night before, his body left in Thursday's hot sun on a grassy median in front of the city's convention center. Residents smashed into hotels for meat while others cooked it on a parking lot barbecue. People broke in to tears from thirst, frustration and fear.
''They came and took us in buses. And left us right here,'' said Clark, 68. ''We are out here living like pure animals. We don't have water. We don't have food. We don't have help.'' They've been waiting for two days.
The convention center -- usually the scene of massive business gatherings and product shows -- became a stalled-out transit center for those caught by Hurricane Katrina and a nightmare for those deprived of life's daily needs.
Reporters and photographers saw at least four dead. Others in the crowd said several babies had died. People desperately called for help, chasing after reporters, sometimes pleading and sometimes threatening. The crowd briefly chanted ''Help us, help us'' before the words faded away.
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''We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten,'' Compass said. ''Tourists are walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon.''
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''All I want to say to Mayor Ray Nagin is thank you for helping us,'' Yolanda McZeal, 43, said calmly, sarcastically and bitterly. ''Governor Blanco, thank you for helping us. President Bush, thank you for helping us.''
For a few minutes, the crowd chanted, ''No more Nagin.''
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