Posted on 09/10/2005 4:41:19 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Sean Penn: Hero In New Orleans
September 10, 2005 2:31 a.m. EST
Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter
New Orleans, Louisiana (AHN) - Actor Sean Penn has been hailed as a hero and a huge helpful hand, saving up to 45 people in hurricane-torn Louisiana, despite finding and having to deal with a hole in his boat last week.
"I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people," presidential historian and author Douglas Brinkley told the New York Daily News. "He was up to his waist in toxic muck...I'm not going to comment on Sean's trips to Iraq or Iran, but in this case, he was an American hero."
During an interview on CNN's Larry King Live, Penn said there was not enough being done to help to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
"Most of the National Guard presence was in the air," Penn says. "They were doing a great job, those that were there. But there weren't enough there."
It's easy to sit here on my butt and critique but gotta give credit where credits due sean's proven to be more than just a hack he actually cares i think !
He even has his own entourage.
Sean Penn is one DUmmy we all can love, he separates himself from the other DUmmies by taking action.
Don't you mean Zero in New Orleans ???
No doubt Brinkley will now write a book glorifying Penn, much like his abysmal book about John F. Kerry. By the time he's done, Sean Penn will be transformed into a larger-than-life hero.
Ugh.
Why did they let him in with his boat? They turned hundreds of boats around that tried to come in to help people.
Actions speak louder than words. If he would speak less, he would make himself less of an obvious target.
I wonder if the personal photographer that accompanied him got out and waded in the muck with him?
Right, because as we all know, Doug Brinkley has a *spotless* record for honesty and truth..
They were only letting special "movie star" "leaky boats" in that day.
Finding a hole in his boat?
His application to brain surgery class is in the mail.
is it about the people or is it about himself? and whose fault is it the national guard wasn't in there yet.
double ugh.
That said, as an amateur doing search and rescue he may have put more lives risk than if they waited for the pros. Witnessing his total lack of seamanship in not securing the drain and then having nothing more than a beer cup available to bail with.
If I needed to be rescued, and Sean Penn came to help, I would take my chances and tell the traitor to get ****ed.
I think this article is bs.
"They were only letting special "movie star" "leaky boats" in that day."
LMAO
Why is he the only crew member wearing a bullet-proof vest?
Penn said on Larry King that he helped for nine hours. Why did he stop? Didn't more people need rescuing, or he didn't want to be late for his Larry King appearance? Sounds to me like he went there for his photo opp, them left.
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