--- Carol Melton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How big is Darwin? And did they have to contend with up to 25 feet
> of
> water all over everything? Did some of those in need of rescue shoot
>
> at their rescuers? Did they shoot at the helicopters? Did the bus
> drivers driving buses into Darwin to rescue people get hijacked and
> the
> busses stolen from them?
not defending anyone who shoots his or her rescuer, but i guess after
they were left there to die, they didn't really care. i am definetly
not complaining at all why the police would want to give up and walk
away, but those are the drug lords that are probably waiting for their
chance at the other citizens who can't get help either. i don't agree
that the police department should have given up. they could have used
force at that point, but they didn't. they stopped the whole rescue
mission. that didn't make any sense. those other citizens who were
waiting deserved at least that much that the officers would keep
trying.
> at a news conference - that CNN played once as far as I saw. No
> repeating of that news clip over and over. The police refused to go
> out and try to rescue any more people - they were holed up trying to
> defend their stations. Those officers that lived through the
> hurricane
> anyway.
the police department was lazy and stupid to do that. they are
supposed to be trained police officers to defened their city. if they
couldn't handle some street punks, then they didn't make themselves
look any better by stopping their whole project and letting the other
innocent victims die without help.
the news media who is there watching and filming could also lend a hand
while they are there instead of filming it. they want to prance around
like a bunch of know-it-alls but not lift a hand other than show
horrible pictures of rotting dead bodies to the world. i think they
are as much to blame as any one else.
from susan in tennessee,u.s.a.
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