The guy bawling on national TV about that lady's desparate situation didn't do anything to help her, that's for certain. He had some personal connection with or responsibility for her, and his remorse came out in dramatic fashion.
Seemed obvious to me when I saw it. He kept mentioning the calls indicating that somebody was coming, but he never came.
Which is why it doesn't entirely compute for me. If not an act, then why the hell didn't he do something?
That was the president of Jefferson Parish. He called the woman his mama. Kept promising the fed's would rescue her. The feds never came, so the woman drowned. BS. The guy's a con artist.