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After the Flood

Have a listen to episode 296 of This American Life.  It's titled "After the Flood" and includes first-hand accounts of what happened in New Orleans after Katrina.  Denise Moore, who was trapped in the New Orleans Convention Center, tells of acts of "surprising humanity" that she witnessed by "armed thugs, taking charge and doing good."  Paramedics from San Francisco, who were visiting New Orleans for a convention when Hurricane Katrina hit, "tried to escape the city in a number of ways. When they tried to leave the city on foot, they were told, at gunpoint, by police, that they must turn back."

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