A walk through hell ... with moments of grace

[submerged99]

A walk through hell ... with moments of grace
Allen G. Breed, Associated Press
September 2, 2005 KAT0903.HELL

NEW ORLEANS — Above the din, a woman is screaming the Lord's Prayer as if heaven can no longer hear silent pleas.

"And lead us not into temptation,'' she bellows hoarsely to the unhearing throng, "but deliver us from evil ...''

But temptation is everywhere in this crippled city. And so, it seems, is evil.
Five days after Hurricane Katrina came and went, necessity has forced police officers to become looters; gangs hijack the boats of volunteers who have come to rescue them. Naked babies wail for food as men get drunk on stolen liquor

http://www.startribune.com/stories/125/5593945.html