"This Is America," One Woman Shouted... What She Meant Was, This Is Not Supposed To Happen Here...
The Washington Post:
For five eternal-seeming days, as many as 20,000 people, most of them black, waited to be rescued, not just from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina but from the nightmarish place where they had sought refuge.
During that time, the moon that hovered over the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center seemed closer than anyone who could provide those inside the center with any help.
First Posted: 09-15-05 08:36 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM