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September 06, 2005

What?

Okay, I've been busy and not blogging much, especially about Katrina, because others are doing a great job of it.

However, I saw this story about seven children who were found:

In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.

They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 years old, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love.

What disturbs me about this group of babies is that they had already been rescued by a helicopter from the flood - their parents handed them to the rescuers on the 'copter - and apparently the kids were just left off on the street by themselves. What kind of a fricking idiot 'saves' a bunch of little kids and then takes them by helicopter and leaves them alone on the causeway??

Oh my, God. The poor parents of these kids must have been besides themselves with fear.

Thankfully, they are all safe and with their families now. Obviously, their Guardian Angels were watching over them. I have to wonder, though - how many children were saved from the floods to be dropped off by themselves and are now lost forever?

Posted by Beth at September 6, 2005 06:32 AM