Little Green Footballs

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

This man almost died because of Bush's FEMA


And he has a name -- Edgar Hollingsworth. Remember it. Mr. Hollingsworth is 74 years old, and although he was found by California National Guardsmen at death's door inside his house in the flooded Broadmoor section of New Orleans, the wonderful news is that he is expected to live.

But he would almost certainly be dead, if troopers hadn't violated the orders they received from FEMA. Here's the amazing and infuriating story from the Orange County Register.
You can read some more excerpts and some commentary here.

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