Holy god

[katallison]

An absolutely damning interview (WMV file) with Aaron Broussard, president of New Orleans' Jefferson Parish, breaking down in tears as he speaks:

The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, "Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?" And he said, "Yeah, Mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday." And she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night. Nobody's coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us. The Secretary's promised, everybody's promised, they've had press conferences, I'm, I'm sick of the press conferences. For God's sake, shut up and send somebody. [sobbing]

The transcript can't begin to do justice to the power of this footage. I was left shaking and in tears. A transcript of the entire interview is here, and further video clips are up at msnbc.

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[dayse.livejournal.com]

Man, that just breaks my heart, I had to go to the bathroom so my mom wouldn't see me get teary, and as soon as I got out and sat back down they just replayed it on CNN. I just ... I don't know what to say.