Another "Katrina" story.A group of nine friends in South Florida could not sit on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. when Katrina plowed into New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . They rushed to the stricken city to offer what assistance they could--and brought their boats with them. "Last year when all those hurricanes hit our area, our neighbors got together and helped us," Floridian Nick Cronin told a reporter from the Christian Science Christian Science, religion founded upon principles of divine healing and laws expressed in the acts and sayings of Jesus, as discovered and set forth by Mary Baker Eddy and practiced by the Church of Christ, Scientist. Monitor. "It just seemed right to do the same." Nick and his friends own airboats, those airplane propeller-driven craft popularly used for transportation in Florida's Everglades. They knew their boats would be perfect for getting around the flooded Crescent City Crescent City is the name of the following places:
Nick Cronin and his friends were not the only boat owners who lent their equipment, their time, and their energy to helping those stranded amidst the flooded neighborhoods. Lieutenant Gregg Marcantel of the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Bernalillo County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population was 556,678. The county seat is Albuquerque6. It is part of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. , Sheriff's Department--who also went to New Orleans to help out--personally knew of at least 18 boat owners who were working in cooperation with his police unit. |
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