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laken1 · Hermes

Amazing story from the front line - NO

BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

Laken1,

Thank you for sharing that, great timeline & pictures, different from what you see on TV. Its nice to see someone's experience that actually was there, not a reporter.

-- Edited by BargainQueen at 14:49, 2005-09-08

crystal · Kate Spade

wow, just amazing! i haven't seen anything like it in the media. just amazing! thank you so much laken1!

member · Hermes

Thanks for sharing that. It's amazing to see what happened through the eyes of someone who lived it.

Mandy · Kate Spade

thank you for posting. that was absolutely amazing. it puts such a human face on those that stayed behind and experienced it.

Rica · Kenneth Cole

Fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing, laken :)

NCshopper · Hermes

Geez, Louise! Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

lsubatgirl · Gucci

laken1 wrote:

I keep telling myself that I'm not posting about the hurricane anymore, but I keep seeing stories like these & I can't look away....& I really feel like I need to share it. -- Edited by laken1 at 14:23, 2005-09-08

Yeah I keep telling myself the same thing and here I am posting again!! I have an article that's in the upcoming SI that is pretty interesting. It goes with that email I sent you about LSU. I might post that in a minute.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

Thanks for posting, laken1. His story and pics were fascinating. I couldn't help being disturbed by the end, though, where he describes getting safely out of the city and says something like, "was it divine intervention? it's not too late to start believing."

Divine intervention? When thousands of others died terrible deaths because god couldn't be bothered to intercede on their behalf? How can people say such things?

blubirde · Chanel

I spent about an hour today at work looking through those pictures. I closed my office door, put my phone on hold, and silenced my cell. I didn't agree with everything the guy said (especially towards the end) but the pictures stood alone. Above all else, political implications/leanings/discussions aside, I'm shocked and horrified by what's happened on the Gulf Coast and my heart goes out to everyone who's lost their homes and their family members, not to mention a bit of human dignity.

And I just keep hoping that some good can come of this horrible, horrible situation. I hope the world wakes up and addresses some of its problems. Maybe the people who went through this terrible tragedy can be proud in the fact that their plights helped make the world a better place. (It remains to be seen but that's my ultimate hope.)