From a survivor:
9:30PM Thurs Sept 1. Update: Please help spread this message:
There are supplies sitting in Baton Rouge for the folks in New Orleans, but the
National Guard has the city surrounded and is not letting anyone in or out. They are
turning away people with supplies, claiming it is too dangerous. If we have planes that
can drop bombs on people in Iraq, certainly we can air drop supplies into the city. Our
government is KILLING the people of New Orleans. This is the message I am now sending
to all major media sources, national and worldwide, as well as posting to email lists,
blogs, etc. The story is getting out that the people there are not getting supplies,
but the truth of WHY is not. Please help spread the word, we must get this story out.
Please so not let any more of my friends die.
I can be reached at 254.640.8441 - feel free to call me or give my number to any media
that needs a contact person to talk to.
Here is my message:
I am a resident of the Bywater in New Orleans (9th Ward). I am one of the lucky ones
that was able to evacuate before the storm.
I have recently managed to speak to some friends stranded in New Orleans. They are
starving and dehydrating and there is no news of when they will be receiving food and
water. I have spoken to relief efforts and understand that there are plenty of supplies
waiting for these people, BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING ALLOWED INTO THE CITY.
The National Guard has the city surrounded and is not letting anyone in or out, except
the buses being evacuated. The excuse that they can not bring supplies into New Orleans
because of the looting and gun fire is not a valid excuse - if they are too afraid to
enter the streets of New Orleans, they need to be air dropping supplies into the city.
If the United States is capable of sending planes that can withstand enemy fire to drop
bombs in Iraq, certainly they are capable of air dropping supplies into a city where
the worst of the gunfire they could encounter would be from semi-automatics.
Our government is killing the people of New Orleans. By withholding supplies, they are
ensuring more deaths, and I hold them complicit.
Please bring this matter to the attention of the people of the United States. They need
to know that New Orleans is deliberately being denied food and water. Perhaps if the
people there had food and water, they might not be shooting off guns.
Please feel free to call me for further information or with any questions. I appreciate
your attention to this most serious matter.
I fear for my friends.
Sincerely,
Andrea Garland
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