All that money went to the immediate emergency needs of the people. |
At the end of the day, what really matters is people are serving me (the catastrophe victim) who understand me and who know me and who can help me. The rural congregation down the country lane should know that it can be part of the community's disaster response, and the Red Cross can help them become part of that response. |
Frankly, our systems to do this last fall were not big enough, were not robust enough. |
He came to me and said, 'Man, I think I just found a dead body. I went out and tried to see if he was responsive and told [Fernandez] to call 911. |
Hurricane Katrina is wreaking havoc for southeast Florida and the Gulf coast states. The Red Cross will meet the challenge by doing what we do best - coming together to respond with tireless compassion to take care of our neighbors. |
Hurricane Katrina is wreaking havoc for southeast Florida and the Gulf coast states. The Red Cross will meet the challenge by doing what we do best-coming together to respond with tireless compassion to take care of our neighbors. |
Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on southeast Florida and the Gulf coast states. The Red Cross is mobilizing on all fronts to bring relief to storm victims. |
Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on southeast Florida and the Gulf coast states. The Red Cross is mobilizing on all fronts to bring relief to storm victims. |
I believe it's appropriate for the federal government to assist the faith community because of the scale and scope of the effort and how long it's lasting. |
If you think about the scope and scale, I am not sure we imagined some of our responses need to be as large what ended up happening last fall. |
It was obvious even before Katrina made landfall in Mississippi that this storm was going to inflict a monumental blow to the Gulf Coast. |
It was obvious even before Katrina made landfall in Mississippi that this storm was going to inflict a monumental blow to the Gulf Coast. |
The scope of this is just so huge. If you took New Orleans out of the equation, Mississippi and Alabama would be a bigger job than we tackled in all four of the storms that hit Florida last year. |
There are amazing challenges and obstacles. |
They said they thought he might be a burglary suspect. |