Even with that, while traversing the single road to safety, they came across a RYDER TRUCK, back door fully up, being filled with looted goods, and one of the N.O. ("oppressed") looters brandished an AK-47 at him, noticed the flashing light, and said (according to the New York Post reporter) quote "F*ck the Police!"
He felt as if they had passed through an extremely dangerous situation.
"Add that to the Fox TV report last night, a NY reporter on the scene, who escaped his hotel after the police said they were abandoning it due to the water and chaos outside, and only by him borrowing a police flashing blue light they could put on the car dash."
Ya know, I've heard him (Jeff Goldblatt) tell that story 4 times this morning, and it's changed every time -- started out as 2 men with AK47's, and the last telling was 1 man with "some kind of assault weapon"...
Wonder if we'll ever find out what actually happened, there,on his trip out of the city -- but it's got the beginnings of a pretty neat urban legend.
Don't forget that someone fired a shot just then, but the Fox reporter doesn't believe it came from the truck.