Vinnie Barbarino was too late.
Hurricane Katrina victim George Talley, 28, of Bay St. Louis, shows a triage ticket emergency personnel have been using to classify the seriousness of victim's injuries, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, in Bay St. Louis, MS. Medical doctors from Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., treated Talley for a fractured hand by stabilizing it with screws and pins. Doctors told Talley to return in about two weeks to have the pins taken out.