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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 07:53 AM
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Katrina survivor dies days after rescue from New Orleans home
LOS ANGELES - A 74-year-old survivor of Hurricane Katrina who was trapped in a New Orleans home for nearly two weeks has died of complications related to dehydration and malnutrition, the California National Guard reported Monday.

Edgar Hollingsworth, an Army veteran of the Korean War, died Saturday at a New Orleans area hospital, Air Force Capt. Brenda Hendrickson of the California National Guard told The Associated Press by phone from Louisiana. He had been found four days earlier buried under a pile of rubble.

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/12690628.htm
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 07:58 AM
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1. RIP Edgar :(
I'm sorry they couldnt get there sooner.
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:00 AM
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2. How terrible
:cry:
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:02 AM
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3. Sorry to hear he didn't make it.
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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:02 AM
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4. i wonder if he'll be counted in the death toll?
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 11:22 AM
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21. he won't be
i haven't seen my friend who died in the evacuation counted

haven't seen a list of names at all but the parish he died & buried in has reported zero fatalities so i know he ain't on it

i think if you get out even for a few hrs you won't be counted

those who died on the scene will add up to quite a huge toll as it is
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:04 AM
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5. That's sad
What took so long finding him?

RIP, Mr Hollingsworth.
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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:18 AM
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11. FEMA is not allowing rescuers to break into homes! that's why.
In the past few days, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has ordered searchers not to break into homes. They are supposed to look in through a window and knock on the door. If no one cries out for help, they are supposed to move on. If they see a body, they are supposed to log the address and move on.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9339194/
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sattahipdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:06 AM
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6. Army veteran
Who was responsible?
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:07 AM
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7. How horrible. To have done so much for one's nation and then been
deserted by its pretzeldent in his time of need. I'm only thankful that he didn't die alone.
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Ben Ceremos Donating Member (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:14 AM
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9. Truly horrible and saddening.
So bush has now killed another member of the armed forces, but one from the Korean War. I fear he will destroy America before it awakens and destroys him. RIP Old Soldier, you deserved better than this.
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:13 AM
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8. That breaks my heart
He fought so long to stay alive.

What kind of complications??
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:47 AM
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20. Probably dead kidneys from severe dehydration.
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OKthatsIT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:14 AM
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10. He gave his remaining food and water to his puppy
...so call us animal lovers 'crazy', if you like. We can't help it. I completely grok where Mr Hollingsworth was coming from.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:38 AM
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14. I do too
and we are not crazy
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:19 AM
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12. Was Hollingsworth
that very thin man in the photo which was posted on DU.
Too sad.
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watrwefitinfor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 08:22 AM
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13. Orders not to enter houses.
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency had issued orders to rescue workers not to enter Katrina-ravaged homes unless they heard the cries of survivors. However, a National Guard team disobeyed orders after seeing Hollingsworth's foot protruding from the rubble of a home."

So, will they be allowed to enter homes to search for the dead?

Is this how the death toll is to be lowered? "Send out your dead!"
But no one came out so we bulldozed the house? :shrug:

Where is the outrage?

Wat
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:04 AM
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15. Yes.. That was the poor little man in the picture
How sad to survive so long, and then die after rescue:(



http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,5048461,00.jpg
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riverwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:08 AM
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16. The young man who defied orders
and did break into his house, will be pallbearer. Saved him from dying alone.

"At the request of his wife, Lillian, military personnel and other authorities who helped rescue him will serve as pallbearers, along with his son, Wesley, the California National Guard said in a statement."
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TNOE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:42 AM
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19. OMG - that gave me goose bumps
yes, this is how this government cares about its war hero's. I was going to say something scarcastic here but will refrain - this is just too sad.
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 11:41 AM
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23. Beautiful.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:31 AM
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17. That's terribly sad. RIP. n/t
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leftofcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 10:36 AM
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18. I am so sorry Edgar.
I wish you speed on into your next life.

Left of Cool
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 11:34 AM
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22. Thats so sad, at least he is being honored with a military funeral.
<snip>
Hollingsworth is scheduled to be buried at 2 p.m. Tuesday with military honors at the Port Hudson National Cemetery, 10 miles north of Baton Rouge.

At the request of his wife, Lillian, military personnel and other authorities who helped rescue him will serve as pallbearers, along with his son, Wesley, the California National Guard said in a statement.
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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 11:04 AM
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24. at least he was w/family & there is a body so his survivors will
get SS death benefit faster
I'll bet they make the survivors of disappeared people wait very long time
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all.of.me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 11:07 AM
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25. i wondered that when i saw the photo of him being rescued
how sad. what a painfully slow way to die. i am sorry, edgar. so sorry. rip.
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