La. Congressman Had Guard Escort to Home

[buzzsaw_23]

La. Congressman Had Guard Escort to Home


Thursday September 15, 2005 3:46 AM

By DAVID PACE

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Louisiana congressman being escorted by National Guard troops removed personal items from his home in flooded New Orleans while military helicopters and emergency workers raced to save thousands of victims.

Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., said he had planned to check on his house Sept. 2 after traveling with President Bush to survey the damage across the Gulf Coast. He said he accepted the Louisiana National Guard escort only after his staff and Capitol police warned him it was unsafe to travel alone because of looting and lawlessness.

After touring the flood-damaged city from the air and visiting evacuees at the Louisiana Superdome and the city's Convention Center, Jefferson said he asked his National Guard escorts to drive him to his Uptown neighborhood, several miles from the Superdome.

``I was intending to go to my neighborhood for sure if I could get there. I didn't know what the condition was,'' Jefferson said Wednesday. ``I was curious to know and everybody in my family was curious to know: What was the condition of our house? Was it underwater? Was it looted?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5279263,00.html

[donheld]

1. This is very old news

not LBN.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1778871