David Perez... another American hero

[Sapphire Blue]

David Perez's story (mp3)

Perez's Hurricane Relief links:

http://www.surgeglobalenergy.com/katrina.php

http://www.kintera.org/site/c.chLKK3PMLsF/b.1043601/k.BCD0/Home.htm

An article from the San Diego Union-Tribune...

'Mercurial' businessman's qualities prove successful in relief efforts
By Caitlin Rother
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 19, 2005

(excerpt)

For three days, David Perez cried in front of his television as he watched the human tragedies of Hurricane Katrina.

"Turn off the TV, you're killing yourself," his wife, Orly, told him. "The government is going to take care of this. Everything is under control."

The Carmel Valley entrepreneur could clearly see that it wasn't. So, on Sept. 1, he stopped watching and started making calls.

At first, Perez intended to just donate supplies. But within days, he had blasted through roadblocks of bureaucracy to fly 384 evacuees on chartered and corporate jets to California and several other states, including more than 125 of them to San Diego.

Continued @ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/solutions/20050919-9999-1n19perez.html

[Suich]

1. Another unsung hero!

Thanks for posting this. A lot of people have never heard of him because he's been so low key. I saw one interview where he said he offered to fly some CDC people to NO and FEMA turned him down...said they were coming in a "couple of days"!!!

[Sapphire Blue]

2. Calls for impeachment in the audio... says "you're a total loser, Bush"

... "You need to repent for the rest of your life".

Listen here: David Perez Interview (mp3)

[Carla in Ca]

3. Ed Schultz had him on this morning

He is really one of the good guys!