Posted on 09/11/2005 6:51:12 AM PDT by Popman
A group of female hurricane survivors were told to show their breasts if they wanted to be rescued, a British holidaymaker has revealed.Ged Scott watched as American rescuers turned their boat around and sped off when the the women refused.
The account was just another example of the horror stories emerging from the hurricane disaster zone.
Mr Scott, 36, of Liverpool, was with his wife and seven-year-old daughter in the Ramada Hotel when the flood waters started rising.
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"When the girls refused, they said `Fine' and motored off down the road in their boat."
At one point he had to wade through filthy water to barricade the hotel doors against looters.
He said the experience made him want to vomit.
Mr Scott also slated the rescue operation, saying police were more interested in taking snapshots of the devastation rather than rescuing the victims.
"I could not have a lower opinion of the authorities, from the police officers on the street right up to George Bush," he said.
"I couldn't describe how bad the authorities were. Just little things like taking photographs of us, as we are standing on the roof waving for help, for their own little snapshot albums"
He added: "The American people saved us. I wish I could say the same for the American authorities."
Mike Brocken, of Chester, said he feared his wife Christine and 18-year-old daughter Stephanie would be raped when they went into the Louisiana Superdome.
The family were also racially abused by other refugees in the stadium.
Mr Brocken, a BBC Radio Merseyside presenter and music lecturer, told the station: "We were going to go inside the Superdome.
"I approached two members of the National Guard and they said to stay outside because they knew it was hell in there.
"One female office basically said under no circumstances take the women in there, because she knew what it was like.
"We were so frightened and we stayed alongside the National Guard for some kind of protection.
"It was at that stage that they started to take us under their wing and eventually managed to get us into the basketball stadium."
He added: "Everyone talks about the National Guard in rather derogatory ways historically, but I've got to say that, but for them, and one man in particular, I may well have lost my family."
"Show us what you got"? I doubt they would have said that.
I think he's either lying or delusional.
Quite a story, too bad there's no evidence it's anything but crap.
If they were British then you know they werent asked to show their teeth. Yikes!
Sounds like the girls were better off not being rescued by this sort.
Question - did any of the people in the boat that said, "Show us what you got" look like Sean Penn? Was the boat riding low in the water like it needed to be bailed out?
Coming soon on video "Evacuees Gone Wild."
I agree with the general consensus. I am an old farm boy and know what B.S. smells like and this reeks of it.
Wasn't it the Guardian that reported this the other day? Seems this story is only being circulated by the British. Doesn't pass the smell test for me.
LOL
I don't believe a word of it.
Yes, George Bush personally directed corrupt New Orleans cops to go on a booty call. What a load of stinking crap.
Some times I don't believe what I read on this page .
This is one of those times .
(source yahoo) come on now .. ... ..
Excellent point
Hey, the fly in the ointment here is the NO police only had 3 boats and 2 of them didn't work.
'I was eaten by American cannibals!', terrified tourist tells the Mirror, 'They prayed to Halliburton before they ate me!'
"I could not have a lower opinion of the authorities, from the police officers on the street right up to George Bush," he said.
What is this crap? Where in the hell did President Bush come into this comment from? I am so sick of this! I am over here in Iraq and the media attention there is on my mind, and it is driving me nuts! I am just looking forward to the dust settling and the people who deserve the blame finally get it. The pot is boiling already, and I know all these liberal fools are about to be pushed in.....
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