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we here on the other continent are mostly getting told the bad and sorrow ones.
And if we could focus on what works and all the caring and love that exist –
maybe all human could be less afraid and daring to trust one another…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>För </span></b>Christine Whitney Sanchez<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 12 september 2005
05:39<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> The Last Boat Out</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Last Boat
Out
Story Editor:<br>
by Robert
LeBlanc
Clayton Bennett<br>
Louisiana, USA<br>
<br>
On Wednesday, August 31, my friend Jeff Rau and I wove a motorboat<br>
through New Orleans, pulling people out of the water. We ferried people<br>
all day between Carrolton Avenue and the Causeway overpass, about a mile<br>
and a half each way.<br>
<br>
Early on, we saw a black man in a boat with no motor. He rescued people<br>
and paddled them a mile and a half to safety -- with nothing but a piece<br>
of two by four lumber for a paddle. He then turned around and went back<br>
for more people. He refused our help, saying he didn't want to slow us<br>
down. At 5 p.m. he headed on another trip, knowing he would finish after<br>
dark.<br>
<br>
One group of 50 people we rescued that Wednesday afternoon was on the<br>
bridge that crosses over Airline Highway near Carrolton Avenue. Most had<br>
been there with no food, water, or anywhere to go since Monday morning,<br>
with <st1:metricconverter ProductID="10 feet" w:st="on">10 feet</st1:metricconverter>
of water all around them.<br>
<br>
One man had been there since the beginning, helping people reach the<br>
bridge and caring for them afterward. He didn't leave the bridge until<br>
everyone got off safely, even deferring to people who'd just arrived.<br>
This man waited on the bridge until dusk, leaving on one of the last<br>
boats out that night. He risked not making it at all.<br>
<br>
In a really rough neighborhood, we came across five seemingly unsavory<br>
characters, one with gunshot wound scars. We found them at a<br>
recreational center, one of the few two-story buildings around. They<br>
broke into the center, then gathered as many people as possible from the<br>
neighborhood.<br>
<br>
They stayed outside in the center all day, helping people into rescue<br>
boats. We approached them at 6:30 p.m., obviously one of the last trips<br>
of the day. Yet instead of getting in our boat, they sent us further<br>
into the neighborhood to get more people out of homes and off rooftops.<br>
<br>
These five were on the last boat out at sundown. They were incredibly<br>
grateful, repeating "God is going to bless y'all for this". One even<br>
offered us his Allen Iverson jersey, perhaps the most valuable<br>
possession among them. We declined, but understood the depth of his<br>
gesture.<br>
<br>
The looting and shooting you saw on television tells but a small part of<br>
the story. By showing the worst effects of Hurricane Katrina and the<br>
flooding that followed, news reports discouraged volunteers from<br>
helping. But help was still needed, and will be for a long time.<br>
<br>
In case it matters, I'm politically conservative. I was impressed to see<br>
young and seemingly poor black people caring for sickly and seemingly<br>
well-to-do white people. We can sort out political issues later; anyone<br>
with a sense of compassion will agree that New Orleans needs help,<br>
people's lives need to be saved and families need to be put back<br>
together. They now need all of our help.<br>
<br>
I want everyone to know how gracious these people were, despite being<br>
stranded and panicked. This transcends politics. It's about humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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