Efforts by Hollywood actor Sean Penn, pictured May 2005,
to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly,
when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak.
(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)
Posted on 09/04/2005 3:34:56 PM PDT by veronica
EFFORTS by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly overnight, when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak.
Penn had planned to rescue children waylaid by Katrina's flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.
The actor, known for his political activism, was seen wearing what appeared to be a white flak jacket and frantically bailing water out of the sinking vessel with a red plastic cup.
When the boat's motor failed to start, those aboard were forced to use paddles to propel themselves down the flooded New Orleans street.
Asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor replied: "Whatever I can do to help."
With the boat loaded with members of Penn's entourage, including a personal photographer, one bystander taunted the actor: "How are you going to get any people in that thing?"
Nyuk nyuk nyuk! :)
There was a picture of him with the story that showed Spicolli actually bailing out water with said red cup...seems to have been pulled. Hope somebody out there was able to save it!
He sure did. A 71 year old woman named Floritta and her 15 year old dog Rusty.
LMAO!
LMAO .....I hope the photographer took pictures of Gilligan.
Oh well, better luck next time...
Thanks for posting this , I needed to laugh!
"Oh Gawd, I'm soooo wasted" was edited from his statement.
Yet... He will if pictures of this farce surface.
"Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks."
Kinda like his career?
Emotional trauma part of Katrina's wreckage
September 4, 2005
BATON ROUGE -- Six days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Louisiana is struggling to repair itself, find its missing residents, and deal with a wide array of emotional issues.Gov. Kathleen Blanco announced Saturday that she has hired James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be the liaison between her administration and FEMA, as the city of New Orleans and surrounding parishes wade and scrape their way out of the muck and debris.Also, President Bush, who toured the heavily damaged coastal area by air Friday, is expected to return to Louisiana Monday. Actor Sean Penn beat Bush to Baton Rouge, showing up at the state Office of Emergency Preparedness about 6 p.m. today before departing to see the damage in New Orleans for himself. He declined to be interviewed.
snip
Officials from the city and members of the Legislative Black Caucus raised questions about rumors, the destination of people being sent to shelters, and outsiders' assumptions about city residents based on reports of looting and violence.New Orleans City Councilman Oliver Thomas expressed anger that evacuees from his city were given little or no information about their destinations. He also accused other cities of equating all New Orleans residents with the looters."The people of this state are afraid of them," he said of evacuees from the city.
"They say these black people are looters, they sell drugs, they're criminals. Those New Orleans people are bad. You don't want them in your city --- that's the message that's being carried around this state."
http://tinyurl.com/8s2pr
When libs try to "help", they only make matters worse!
I actually had to go to the site to make sure it wasn't satire.
ROFLMAO--you're the queen of gifs!!! Bullseye!
but I can't help from doubling over in laughter.
you are bad.......lol
;-)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.