Bush, Relief Convoy Find Joy and Anger
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › September 06, 2005
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NEW ORLEANS - The soldiers finally came to this beleaguered city.
With a cigar-chomping general in front, a camouflaged-green convoy of at least three-dozen troop vehicles and supply trucks rolled through floodwaters Friday into a desperate city where some storm survivors had died waiting for food, water and medicine.See the full content of this document
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Bush, Relief Convoy Find Joy and Anger
"The cavalry is and will continue to arrive," said Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, commander of the National Guard. He said 7,000 Guardsmen would be in the city by today.
"Thank you, Jesus!" Leschia Radford shrieked amid a throng of tens of thousands outside the New Orleans Convention Center.Some residents threw their arms heavenward and others nearly fainted with joy as ...See the full content of this document
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