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com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- People at 97 fontainebleau Drive trapped Story: There are two people in their 50's and an elderly woman trapped al ong with 5 pets at 97 Fontaineblue drive. They had less then 7 gallons o f water for all of them left yesterday afternoon and were trapped on the second floor due to sewege and water flooding their first floor.
mil Subject: My Hurricane Story -- FAMILY AT 2929 DANTE ST TRAPPED. Story: My family, which includes 8 people are trapped inside 2929 Dante S t My grandmother was scheduled to have a stemp placed in her on Monday, August 30, 2005. I'm current ly serving in the US Navy stationed at Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virg inia. If anyone can make it that area, I will be endeavored to you. Thei r Names are Anna Covington, Alos Taylor, Denise Wilson, Elmo Covington, Sally Wilson, Joshua Wilson, Lele Wilson and one infant child approximat ely 4 months old. Please call me at the above number or I can be reached on my cell phone at (757)839-1936.
COM Subject: My Hurricane Story -- PIERRE FAMILY Story: THE PIERRE FAMILY IS STILL STRANDED IN AN NO EAST APT. AT THE LAST TIME THAT WE SPOKE, T ERRI TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS W/O LIGHTS, WATER, AND PHONE SERVICE. TERRI'S FATHER, GEORGE PIERRE, IS A RESIDENT OF A SENOIR CITIZENS CENTER ON ST.
net Subject: My Hurricane Story -- People are still in the French Quarter Story: I have a friend who along with a group of about a dozen others are still holed up in the French Quarter, inside and in the vicinity of the Chateau Motor Hotel. They do have shelter and a re all in relatively good health for now, but they have a very limited s upply of food and water. They are all afraid to move to the buses at the Superdome or Convention C enter. They have limited communications and are NOT fully aware of the s ituation outside the neighborhood. The National Guard is in town, but are assisting other parts of the city. Those in the French Quarter are venturing out to find supplies for the neighbors. If anyone gets in formation about when this area is supposed to get relief, please let me know!
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- Elderly Woman Alive and Stranded Story: Ms Adline Francisco is alive and stranded in Uptown New Orleans. Her address is 3619 Laurel Street New Orleans, LA 70115. Her telephone i s working and her number is 504-895-7912. Please call her and send assis tance as soon as possible.
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- Person trapped in home Story: Someone contacted the law firm that I am employed today to say tha t someone we know, Tom Heaney, was trapped in his house. This may sound like a strange request, but we have found two separate addresses for Mr Heaney and ask that you ple ase check both locations.
net Subject: My Hurricane Story -- 37 Fontainbleau Story: My ill father and his 89 yr old mother are trapped at 37 fontainbl eau. They need to be rescued, we have no way of contacting them and lett ing them know where we are. My mom is available at 1-404-636-3223 and my sister is ate 1-540-989-1395.
net Subject: My Hurricane Story -- Mary Gehman- Banks Street Story: My mother in law is trapped on 425 Manasses Street, between Tulane and Banks. We do not know if she is alon e, but I think she has the neighbor's kids with her.
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- Family Trapped At 131519 Cherbourg in East NO Story: I got a call from someone saying a family, including a small child , are trapped at 131519 Cherbourg in East NO by the Michoud plant.
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- stranded old parents Story: my parents names and address are" gus and lia sparatore 935 nursery ave metairie,la, 70005 need medical assistance and gasoline to get out of metairie.
net Subject: My Hurricane Story -- GROUP SETS 1-800 # FOR VICTIMS TO LEAVE ME SSAGES! us "We know that you are desperate to communicate with your loved ones and t hat resources and phone services are limited. With one brief toll-free call to LIFE LIST, you can alert loved ones to y our location, update them on your well-being and begin to make initial c ontact for additional assistance. We deliver that message through a network o f concerned volunteers who will personally make your call on your behalf .
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- send help Story: my boyfriend's mother is stuck in her apartment in Metairie, Louis iana. her name is Chrystianne Herrera, she lives in an apartment complex on Division St above Shooters Bar; go up the stairs and she is the firs t apartment you reach. she does not know how to get to the evacuation bu ses, the area is flooded. she is running low on water, food and batterie s please go to her and get her on a bus out of the city. i s of off Veterens Memorial Blvd, behind Barnes and Nobles, her apartment complex is between Veterens and West Esplanade.
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- Family trapped Story: small group of individuals in need of rescue at 3443 Esplanade Ave at the Esplanade at City Park Apartments.
edu Subject: My Hurricane Story -- Trapped in the Carrollton Area Story: I have six relatives who are trapped in the top floor of an apartm ent building at 3409 Monroe Street in the Carrollton Area. My family has contacted several agencies and we hope that help is on the way. Those trapped are: Deann Diggs, Roschan Diggs and wife, Byron and Yolanda Mercier and Chelsea Mercier. Thank you to Brittany Ramos who is attempting to rescue my family and her friend who lives on the same block.
com Subject: My Hurricane Story -- The Positive Stories Must Get Out Story: Please help me to get this story out. Jeff Rau, a family and now personal friend to whom I will forever be link ed, and I were volunteering with a boat and pulling people out of the wa ter on Wednesday. In my opinion, everything that is going on in the media is a complete b astardization of what is really happening. The result is that good peopl e are dying and losing family members. I have my own set of opinions abo ut welfare and people working to improve thier own lot instead of lookin g for handouts, but what is occurring now is well beyond those borders. We can sort out all of the s ocial and political issues later, but human beings with any sense of com passion would agree that the travesty that is going on here in New Orlea ns needs to end and people's lives need to be saved and families need to be put back together. I will tell you that I would probably disagree with most of the people th at still need to be saved on political, social, and cultural values. How ever, it must be noted that these people love thier friends and families like I do, desire to live like I do, and care for their respective comm unities (I was even amazed at the site of seemingly young and poor black people caring for sickly and seemingly well-to-do white people and tour ists still needing evacuation from New Orleans' downtown area) the same way I care for mine. Eight people in particular who stood out during our rescue and whose stor ies deserve to be told: 1) We were in motor boats all day ferrying people back and forth approxi mately a mile and a half each way (from Carrolton down Airline Hwy to th e Causeway overpass). Early in the day, we witnessed a black man in a bo at with no motor paddling with a piece of lumber. He rescued people in t he boat and paddled them to safety (a mile and a half). He then, amidst all of the boats with motors, turned around and paddled back out across the mile and a half stretch to do his part in getting more people out. H e refused to give up or occupy any of the motored boat resources because he did not want to slow us down in our efforts. I saw him at about 5:00 pm, paddling away from the rescue point back out into the neighborhoo ds with about a half mile until he got to the neighborhood, just two hou rs before nightfall. I am sure that his trip took at least an hour and a half each trip, and he was going back to get more people knowing that h e'd run out of daylight. Most of these people had been there, with no food, water, or anyplace to go since Monday morning (we got to them Wed aftern oon) and surrounded by 10 feet of water all around them. There was one g uy who had been there since th...
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