I had forgotten about him completely until August 27.
My point is simple, and remains the same - the task which Nagin is being faulted for failing to accomplish was far beyond the capacity of this municipal government or any other municipal government, and was far beyond anything undertaken by any municipal government.
We'll just have to disagree on that. Could everyone have been saved? No, but I think the loss of life could have been much less, had the Mayor done a better job.