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January 30, 2006
FEMA failed to accept Katrina help, documents say
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal emergency officials failed to accept offers of possibly life-saving aid from the Department of Interior immediately after Hurricane Katrina, according to documents obtained by CNN.The Interior Department offered the Federal Emergency Management Agency the use of personnel who were experienced in water rescues and also offered boats, helicopters, heavy equipment and rooms, the documents say.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of a Senate committee with jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA, said the additional resources may have saved lives.
"It is indeed possible that there was additional suffering and maybe even loss of life that might not have occurred if these assets had been deployed," Collins said.
Her panel, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is set to hold hearings Monday looking into the search-and-rescue response to Katrina.
Yet more proof that Bush and his cronies are past inept, but sadly I'm sure that those Neo-cons out there can explain this away in a way that will make sense to only them. They didn't just screw up this whole situation...they frogged it in massive proportions and should be completely ashamed of themselves! Of course that would involve having a conscious and a soul, which they have proven time and again they have neither of.
Found via CNN.
Posted by Daffodil at January 30, 2006 1:50 PM
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