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Article published 
Sep 3, 2005Exhausted 
refugees arrive by AmtrakBeverly Corbell 
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While his new friend Felicia Hendricks sat in a chair by the railroad tracks 
and breathed through an inhaler, Philip Harvey bit into sandwich he’d just been 
given by a Salvation Army. 

Hendricks and Harvey had just arrived in Lafayette by train from New Orleans 
with about 100 other people, all refugees from Hurricane Katrina who were being 
transferred by bus to points west, possibly Dallas or San Antonio, said an 
Amtrak official.Harvey and Hendricks met each other in the Superdome, 
where thousands of refugees languished before being brought out of the 
city.“We’ve been taking care of each other,” he said. “She has 
bronchitis.”The train later headed back to New Orleans to pick up more 
of the 600 people at the New Orleans Amtrak station on Poydras Street, said Maj. 
Dan Hudson of the Louisiana State Police.The refugees were met by city 
police, firemen and medics from Acadian Ambulance and two California companies, 
Care Ambulance from Orange County and WestMed from Los Angeles, who drove 
several ambulances across the country in only 29 hours. Although some of 
the refugees had bandages on their heads, arms and legs, none required 
transport, although several hospitals had been alerted, said Acadian Ambulance 
spokesman Orlando Roland.“This is the first time in American history 
that ambulance companies have crossed this country to help another company,” 
said Bill Weston of Care Ambulance. “And there were a few times we went over 
55.”The trip from New Orleans went smoothly, said Amtrak engineer 
Gilbert Isaacs, and said his heart went out to the gentle people who had gone 
through so much.“The rumors about people from New Orleans bringing 
violence is just a very small minority,” he said. “These people are simply 
suffering. They are the most decent people I’ve ever had on board. They 
picked up the trash and kept the cars clean.”Salvation Army volunteer 
Lester Wright, who passed out water, snacks and sandwiches to the refugees as 
they walked from the train to the bus, said he was moved by their 
presence.“These are the most humble, beat down people I’ve every seen,” 
he said.Weston said as the caravan went across the country, people 
greeted them everywhere.“All we did was get thumbs up and waves from 
people the whole way here,” he said. “We stopped in a little town in Texas and 
said we were a group on our way to Louisiana,” Weston said. “So they went into 
the stores and took packs of water off the selves and just gave it to us.” 




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