A big THANK YOU to California Task Force 5 from Orange County.

[Carla in Ca]

American Shame: The Edger Hollingsworth Story






NEW ORLEANS - . . . A human foot arching at an odd angle was visible through the front window of a locked and dark home.

The National Guard team of searchers was about to call in a "DB," or dead body . . . in the Broadmoor district when Lt. Frederick Fell decided to investigate.

In the past few days, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has ordered searchers not to break into homes. They are supposed to look in through a window and knock on the door. If no one cries out for help, they are supposed to move on. If they see a body, they are supposed to log the address and move on.

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Fell broke the rules and ordered his men to bash open the door, launching a series of events that would save a man's life and revitalize California Task Force 5 from Orange County.

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. . . 16 days after Hurricane Katrina smacked this aging community in the face, an unconscious and emaciated man identified as Edgar Hollingsworth, 74, was rescued. The man is expected to survive.
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This was posted on DailyKos. The original story and photos are courtesy of the OC Register. The diarist on DailyKos does a wonderful job getting this story out. Please read the whole diary.
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[applegrove]

1. Yes thank you. I saw Nagin today say that they had in fact not made

it into every home.

Thank you. Keep up the spirit!

[Carla in Ca]

2. I'm sending my neocon Rep. an email in the morning

Assuming he will have read this story in the Register, I will suggest he think twice about arresting these fine rescuers <sarcasm>, and tell him if he and his ilk continue to completely spiral this country into the ground perhaps they should just put on the hoods, declare marshall law and throw us into a dungeon. Why make us suffer any longer?

[applegrove]

3. Sounds like a plan.

[Oerdin]

4. Saw this.

It's amazing the guy could stay alive for 16 days. Supposedly he was just 75-80 pounds or something so he had just wasted away.

[fed-up]

5. Ditto the Thanks/grateful that some NG are capable of independent thought

Please read and post your comments on this thread

Is it DU's view that law enforcement in NOLA should break into residences
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4777072