Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Paramedics in New Orleans

Here's an interesting first-hand account of trying to get out of New Orleans from a couple of socialist paramedics from San Francisco who were attending a conference. This account is critical of both the federal and local responses, but praises spontaneous individual order that kept being stifled by the officials.

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  1. Elements of this account have now made the New York Times, the Arizona Republic, and elsewhere:
    http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0910katrina-flee10.html

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  2. Key aspects of this account have now been confirmed from law enforcement officers involved:
    http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article311784.ece

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  3. CNN has now picked up the story.

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/13/katrina.bridge/index.html

    Apparently Gretna had evacuated, and Gretna law enforcement viewed themselves as protecting the unoccupied property of its citizens from potential looting.

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