He said he'd contacted his N.O. mother by phone, and she was trapped, and sick. And he reassured her that help was coming, and each time he called back, she sounded weaker. And he was more and more steadfast, reassuring her that help would arrive shortly.
And of course she ended up dying before help arrived. And the man said he felt crushed and betrayed.
The media had an orgasm with this guy...
And it turned out that he'd made it all up --his mother wasn't sick at all. In fact, she'd died YEARS EARLIER.
I remember he was someone pretty important down there, and I think Rush talked about his whole story.
Was that the president of Jefferson parish who went on Russert to blubber and drool with crocodile tears?
Broussard from I believe Jefferson Parish. Sopke of someone else's mother being left to die. In the end, the timing of his story didn't hold up. 'Rat Bastard.