What happened to the people on the overpass (Show on Fox)?

[CoffeeCat]

I read a post this afternoon about a large group of people, including babies and small children, who were stranded on an overpass.

Someone mentioned that Shepherd Smith was reporting on them and crying out for someone to help them.

Does anyone know...were these people helped or rescued?

I haven't stopped thinking about these people all day.

Thanks for any info...

[liberaliraqvet26]

1. i donno..

but Shepard was great today, I watched that too

[Sydnie]

2. CBS news highlighted two stories tonight - both very sad

One woman died of thirst while her friend looked on. Once she died, she covered the body with what ever extra clothing she had. She asked for help with the body and was told just to "move it over there".

One man couldn't stand the heat and the wait any longer and jumped to his death. They covered his body with a mattress at the bottom of the stairs.

CNN was reporting one woman with twin babies who couldn't stand to be in the heat with the babies any longer and said that she was heading back to her house, no matter what was waiting for her there.

Anderson Cooper reported on some of these stories too but best of all, he kept pounding the fact that the people were pissed and wanted to know where their government was when they needed them.

A sad, sad day.

[blonndee]

3. Did you see the NO cop TOTALLY ignore Shepherd and walk away?!?

I never watch Fox but I had to see how they were covering this and I turned it on right when Smith's segment came on. He seemed pretty bewildered: "There's no food, no water...." and he came upon a cop walking back to a van and he asked the cop, pretty politely, "what are you going to do with all these people?" and "are you going to bring them water?" and the whole time the cop won't even look at him and keeps walking away. Smith is all, "OFF-icer?!?" Totally shocked.

I actually thought Smith did a pretty good job, too. He was asking people what they needed and how long they'd been out. The people were exhausted and hungry, obviously. I was surprised to see the way the people were portrayed, as out there and alone and obviously left to fend for themselves, which they were doing. And they were trying to help each other, too. Weird to see that on Fox.

Jeanne Meserve (CNN) was pretty harsh on this too, saying people are dying, being dropped off and abandoned on the interstate with no water. She kept saying, "It isn't enough."

[OneBlueSky]

4. Smith may have actually saved a baby's life today . . .

he found a mother with a five-day-old baby who he described as "very hot" on that overpass . . . he stopped a passing cop car and literally insisted that the cop help these people . . . they were loaded into the car and sped away, I trust to find medical care for the baby . . . I've never really liked Shepherd Smith, but that was a hell of a good thing to do . . .