Now the search and rescue helicopters are coming in regularly, lifting in peolpe who had been on their roofs since Monday. The reporter is relieved that while he was there just 15 minutes probably, there were 15 helicopters. Tents set up for people. Evident relief. “I had one of the good jobs today. The good assignment.”
There’s no water in Kenner.
Footage of people brought in by rescue shoppers. A baby that had been in diapers on a roof since Monday morning. People are tired, hungry, dehydrated. I-10/Causeway interchange a large first-aid station. 50 ambulances waiting to take them. Pictures of the people who had been rescued. People in line to get water, sandwiches. People needing medical attention on the westbound lane I-10 being tended to, getting IVs. (Healthy people on the eastbound.)
