Six Year Old Hero.. Incredible story

[walldude]

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/012158.html

Man, what a kid!

Edit to add:

[CatBoreal]

1. Stick a fork in me...

I'm done.

:cry:

[SeattleGirl]

19. Me too......

:cry:

[NVMojo]

25. me, too! This kid is a real hero!!

He has a hero's heart!

[Melodybe]

36. What a beautiful child, he's just an angel.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. He should be on the cover of TIME

And each and every week thereafter, TIME should place another Katrina hero on its cover.

[txindy]

4. Agreed and Diamonte would make an awesome cover with that smile

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=k00004&orgPrefix=NCMU&searchLang=en_US

And his baby brother, still in his arms:

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=k00005&orgPrefix=NCMU&searchLang=en_US

[FreedomAngel82]

22. Aw

So beautiful.

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. Deamonte is a hero!

A six year old is a better leader and saved more lives than some adults. The poor babies. :(

I just don't understand why he was left to fend for himself without supervision and care. They evacuated him. Did they just dump him in a shelter?

He was carrying his 5 month old baby and looked after three other toddlers. What a hero!

[klebean]

6. when a six year old can lead...draw the comparisons n/t

[txindy]

7. Much worse than that. They dumped them on a flooded causeway.

In the sun, without shade, food, water, or a way out. I'd ask what were those chopper rescue team members thinking, but I don't think there was any thought given to this, at all.

[roguevalley]

5. copy this and put it in the hands of people who say bush did what

he could or he couldn't do more. Fuckers. I hope they burn in hell.

[walldude]

8. C'mon folks how about a few more recommendations

this kid should be on the front page!

[txindy]

13. It's already on the Greatest Page with 16 votes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4641130

[Extend a Hand]

15. another nomination. n/t

[walldude]

17. Oops.. I hate double posting, I swear I looked

just not hard enough I guess... apologies to the OOP

[txindy]

24. It was under the original headline on Yahoo News

If you didn't know the story behind the headline, you would've missed it, so... It would've been hard for you to find. Besides, this kid did such a great job that he deserves two Greatest threads! :applause:

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Thank God those babies were found.

:cry:

[walldude]

10. Am doing a Time Magazine mockup now..

will edit it in to the OP if I make it in time...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Bush: No Child Left Behind except in New Orleans

[Booster]

12. Man, what a kid is right - hope he's on every morning show there is.

Here's one little boy who deserves his 15 minutes of fame. Nominated.

[CoffeeCat]

14. I am inspired by this child and full of rage for these "rescuers"...

This child is an amazing, remarkable little kid. What an uplifting story.

I felt hope as I read the beginning of the article, but then hope turned to rage as I read about how the kids and parents were separated.

The helicopter didn't have room for the kids and parents, so they told the kids to climb aboard. They assured the parents that they would be back for them. They never came back. Then, they dump these kids somewhere, unsupervised.

I cannot even IMAGINE being that parent!!!! Your child would be gone...and you wait and wait and wait for the helicopter that never makes it back.

How in the f*ck does that happen?????????????

That is just awful...and so terrifying!!!

[elehhhhna]

16. Deamonte Love 4 President!

[AverageJoe]

18. Kicked and recommended

What a story. Bush should shrivel up in shame to be breathing the same air that this young hero breathes.

[walldude]

20. kick...

[FreedomAngel82]

21. What a beautiful story!!

And he is a little hero! God bless him. And I'm so glad they have been reunited!

[existentialist]

23. They should

hire this kid to head FEMA; it would be a vast improvement.

[omega minimo]

26. Beautiful

"The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love."

That's funny.

"The helicopter never returned. The kids went flown to Baton Rouge, and the parents ended up in Texas."

That's not.

[walldude]

28. What's amazing is the mother was found in a shelter

yet they dumped this kid onto a bridge in the middle of the day with no food, water or someone to look after him. It's like a surreal episode of the Rugrats...

[lonestarnot]

27. Deamonte for President! 2008!

He'd do a better job than bushitler for sure!

[Maple]

29. Seven children found wandering together

Seven children found wandering together
By The Associated Press
Monday September 05, 2005


BATON ROUGE, La. -- In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.

They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 years old, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love.

SNIP

So far, parents displaced by flooding have reported 220 children missing, but that number is expected to rise, said Mike Kenner of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which will help reunite families. With crowds churning at evacuation points, many children were parted from their parents accidentally; one woman handed her baby up onto a bus, turned around to pick up her suitcase and turned back to find that the bus had left.

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005090522/

[incapsulated]

30. Oh, god...

:cry:

[cynatnite]

31. Inspiring!

:cry:

What a brave child

edited because I duped this one.

[SeattleGirl]

32. He was on Dateline tonight n/t

[incapsulated]

33. This child has more leadership in his tiny little finger

Than all those idiots in DC put together.

God Bless. :cry:

[Garbo 2004]

34. Great story. Great kid. Bet his momma is relieved and proud.

I figured families were getting separated and how scary for them and difficult it could be to reunite them. Good to see a story with a happy ending. At least the families are together again.

[PeacePal]

35. Next time a repug tells me "they should have evacuated:

I'll point out that while one 6 year did a great job, most of the children didn't have cabfare!

When I heard this story earlier, I was both furious and elated. A few got out.

[OneBlueSky]

37. can we hire him to run the rescue effort? . . .

he certainly can't do any worse than those running it now . . . and would likely do a whole lot better . . .

what an incredible kid! . . . if he were anywhere near me, I'd give him the biggest hug he ever saw . . .