Reply #14: Al Gore was busy flying critically ill hurricane victims to TN [View All]

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After being jerked around for a few days by FEMA, trying to get clearance for several flights that he organized (and paid for) himself. (Some of y'all may remember that local officials were screaming and sobbing on TV around this time "stop the press conferences, send us some HELP!)

http://reg.knoxnews.com/kns/web/registrationForm?from=www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4054083,00.html

Haven from fury Mercy Flight Brings Evacuees to ET

Gore accompanies about 140 arrivals from New Orleans but declines to take credit

By ROBERT WILSON

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About 140 people - mostly elderly and infirm - arrived Saturday at McGhee Tyson Airport (in Knoxville, TN) on a chartered mercy flight from hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, welcomed to East Tennessee by a bright sun and a host of medical professionals straining at the reins to help their fellow human beings without regard to whether they were on the clock.

The displaced hurricane victims came to Tennessee on a hastily arranged flight, accompanied by doctors and carrying whatever they had in boxes, bags or, in one case, an old suitcase tied up with rope.

Former Vice President Al Gore arranged the flight and was on board, but he declined to take credit for the airlift, fearing it would be "politicized."

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Gore chose not to speak to the assembled media, but he was seen in a black T-shirt and jeans moving rapidly from one side of the plane to the other assisting with the off-loading operation.

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http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3811127

Chattanooga expects a thousand more storm refugees tomorrow

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Officials in Chattanooga, Tennessee, say they expect a thousand more storm refugees tomorrow.

A United Way official says people rescued after Hurricane Katrina will be housed at Red Cross shelters throughout the city.

About 130 hurricane refugees arrived in Chattanooga Sunday on a plane chartered by former Vice President Al Gore.

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