He was acting irrationally. He was acting in a rage, an explosive rage. |
He wasn't just a fire chief, he was a very good man, a spiritual person, very thoughtful. He certainly deserves this and, as the the mayor says, this is a person who came from the community and came all the way through this department to make it to chief. |
He's a very busy person and that has always concerned me, that his schedule and his activities were very heavy. |
He's been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. |
He's very engaged, and he's asking a lot of really good questions I would expect him to ask. I say that only because I want everyone to recognize ... how serious the situation remains. |
He's walking in at a very difficult time. |
heck of a job. |
His kindness is something I will always remember. |
His whole life was his family. It's a tragic situation for everyone involved. These two young children, they have no mother, no father and no grandma. |
I absolutely resent you saying I didn't have leadership. |
I am having a horrible time. I can't get a unified command established. |
I believe that by judging EPA's actions—not just our promise to do what's right, but our work in sampling and cleaning up whatever should be cleaned up—the community will recognize that we are worthy of their trust. |
I can tell you everyone involved in that videotape and in my conversations with the president and with the chief of staff, our concern was always the breach of the levees. |
I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. We've done a lot of planning for a hurricane striking New Orleans because of New Orleans lying below sea level. |
I certainly feel somewhat abandoned. |