I agree. The reference to the laser on the grandaughter's forehead.........sounds like she was 4 and in pigtails. Bet she was in her 20's and an a..hole.
I more easily believe that the story is totally made up. Our armed forces are trained better than that. Besides, to point the laser they would have to be aiming their rifle. Which, I think, would be a much better story. ie the photo of Elian Gonzalez being taken from the home.
I feel so sorry for the children that were stuck in NO because their stupid caretakers didn't get off their arses and leave. I went through the missing children photos almost daily, and most of the children missing got "separated from their caretakers" in their description of circumstances. That also made me wonder if the caretakers somehow saved themselves and not the children they were responsible for. I also wondered where the parents were.
Military question; do any military-issue "machine guns" (given this woman's probably expertise on the subject, this could mean anything from an SMG to an assault rifle to a Vulcan) actually have laser sightings on them that paint a dot on the target, or is that just movie nonsense?