Since when do Freepers automatically accept every claim made by those people, particularly AP which has a really, really bad track record concerning the truth.
Ever wonder what's in that guy's backpack?
The only point worth making about either, or both, of these pictures, is that here are three people up to their chests in the NO flood waters. They are attempting to survive.
One is the Associated Press, the other is Agencie France Presse.