Re: Even more good news....
From the NEW YORK TIMES<br /><br />September 13, 2005<br />Units Search for Bodies but Some Find None<br />By JOHN KIFNER<br />MICHOUD, La., Sept. 12 - Despite apocalyptic predictions, marines searching St. Bernard Parish - in the direct path of Hurricane Katrina - have yet to find any bodies, commanders said Monday.<br /><br />"St. Bernard is actually doing pretty good," said Capt. Stephen Kahn, operations officer for the battalion of marines brought in from Camp Lejeune, N.C., as part of the administration's response to the storm.<br /><br />"The areas worst flooded, as our guys are getting in there, they're not finding anything," said Captain Kahn, referring to the bodies that were anticipated. Fears were reinforced when previous rescue workers found swollen dead bodies last week in St. Rita's nursing home here. The home's officials have said that 32 of the 60 residents perished.<br /><br />The marines are grinding through swamps and bayous in amphibious troop carriers, searching a landscape of ruined houses, some torn into scraps like matchsticks, others with stairs leading to nowhere. Houses that have been searched and found empty were marked with a spray-painted orange "X."
<br /><br />Agree with the comment that any deaths are sad, but it is heartening to hope that fewer than expected have perished in this tragedy.<br /><br />It must also restore a bit of pride in the US seeing the relief efforts beginning to bring good, and speedy, results?
