Re: (rshsdepot) Fw: Amtrak station

["D & H Beard" <dhbeard_@_rogers.com>]

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> 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.
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> 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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