We have to convince them to leave. It's not safe here. There is toxic waste in the water and dead bodies and mosquitoes and gas. ... Fires have been started and we don't have running water. |
We have to drain this city. |
We have to, ... It's not living conditions. |
We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water, ... Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands. |
We made our decision based upon people. If they made a decision based on assets, not people ... then they're going to have to live with that, |
We must offer the people of New Orleans every chance for a sense of closure and the opportunity for a new beginning. |
We now have a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the city of New Orleans. |
We should be in pretty good shape from a law enforcement standpoint as we move forward. |
We want (FEMA) to allow us to get back to New Orleans and find an appropriate place to bury the people of New Orleans, ... We will find a plot. We will find a place. We will erect a memorial. |
We want our Saints, we may not want the owner back. |
We want to bring New Orleans back. Rita set us back about three to five days, but we are very much on schedule, ... We will begin the re-entry plan with business owners and residents of Algiers. Then we will stop, assess our progress, and move on to the previously targeted zip codes. |
We want you to come prepared with your eyes wide open as it relates to what you might see, |
We want you to take this very seriously, |
We want you to take this very seriously, ... This not a test. This is the real deal. And I don't want to panic you but I wanted to make sure you understand. |
We will have life. We will have commerce. We will have people getting back into their normal modes of operation. |