Moving Dead Decomes City's Second Priority... Oh Man...

[WillyT]

Hurricane Katrina makes one man's final journey difficult to complete



Evelyn Turner cries alongside the body of her
common-law husband, Xavier Bowie, after he died
in New Orleans, Tuesday. Bowie, who had lung cancer,
died when he ran out of oxygen on Tuesday afternoon.

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NEW ORLEANS - When Xavier Bowie died in a flooded neighborhood, his common-law wife did the only thing she could think to do. She wrapped his body in a sheet, laid him on a makeshift bier of two-by-fours and, with a little help, floated him down to the main road.

For more than an hour, Evelyn Turner waited along Rampart Street outside the French Quarter, her husband’s body resting on the grassy median as car after car passed, their wakes threatening to wash over the corpse. “This is ridiculous,” Turner, 54, said as she sobbed into a dirty washcloth.

Bowie, 57, a truck driver who had been with Turner for 16 years, had advanced lung cancer and could not be easily moved. When Turner could find no one to take them out of the city, she decided to stay home and hope the storm would spare them. “I’ve got electric and stuff right now,” Turner told herself. “I can keep going. I’ve got oxygen. I can keep going.”

But Hurricane Katrina left her neighborhood under several feet of water. By Tuesday, with no phone and only a small tank of oxygen left, Turner slogged out into the streets for help. By the time she got back, Bowie was dead.

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Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9142413/

Another one for the "Why didn't they just evacuate?" files.

So sad...

:cry:

[geomon666]

1. Why didn't they just evacute?

Didn't you read the article you just posted. He couldn't easily be moved and no one was willing to help them.

[WillyT]

4. Um... I Was Purposefully Taking A Shot A Those Who Kept Asking That...

On this forum the last couple of days.

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but there have been these disgustingly simplistic (for the simple-minded) threads about 'why people didn't just up and leave', and the ever popular 'how dare they loot' sort of tripe.

I was trying to GIVE an example of why some couldn't leave.

We cool now???

:shrug:

[WillyT]

5. And Apparently... I Wasn't The Only One To Have This Problem !!!

Looky Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4523342

Some of us would do well to actually read before dispensing judgement, or...

If confused, ask for clarification.

I know everybody is tensed out right now, but you don't wanna go around smackin folks who are on your side.

Do ya, LOL!!!

:spank:

[geomon666]

6. My apologies

My sense of humor is sort of shot now. :)

[WillyT]

8. Me Too...

My sense of humor is THE ONLY THING that keeps me from goin batshit crazy.

:hi::loveya::hi:

Peace

:hippie:

[enid602]

2. judgmental

What a horrible insult to the widow to describe her mate as 'her common-law husband,' as if that needed to be mentioned or would make a difference.

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3. Might help explain to some the difference in last names.

[gkhouston]

7. my husband and I have different last names

and got married both legally and via a religious ceremony. :shrug:

[YDogg]

9. Probably just a specific description of the relationship.

No insult intended, I imagine. I'm guessing the relationship was decribed that way to the article author.

Just terribly, terribly sad.

[WillyT]

10. Kick !!!

:kick:

[WillyT]

11. Kick !!!

:kick: