Attytood: This man almost died because of Bush’s FEMA:
In the past few days, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has ordered searchers not to break into homes. They are supposed to look in through a window and knock on the door. If no one cries out for help, they are supposed to move on. If they see a body, they are supposed to log the address and move on.
The morticians will remove the deceased later.
But [Lt. Frederick] Fell broke the rules and ordered his men to bash open the door, launching a series of events that would save a man’s life and revitalize California Task Force 5 from Orange County. In the past two days, the 80-member task force had identified seven dead bodies in the same neighborhood, and they had rescued no one.
But Tuesday, 16 days after Hurricane Katrina smacked this aging community in the face, an unconscious and emaciated man identified as Edgar Hollingsworth, 74, was rescued. The man is expected to survive.
Wonder if they’ll be disciplined for breaking orders?
Seriously, what would it take to break a window or try a door to see if anyone is beyond asking for help but still in need of it? This tough old bird lasted 16 days: how many others were bypassed?
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