Why did they let him in with his boat? They turned hundreds of boats around that tried to come in to help people.
They were only letting special "movie star" "leaky boats" in that day.
Looks like everyone was doing that job already.
Times-Paicayune kept a detail record of the event. No mentioning of Sean Penn.
We need boats!
Aug 30,
Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.
"Officials have issued a call for anyone with a flatboat to help rescue people stranded by the flood.
Anyone with a boat, especially a flatboat, who can safely make it to the intersection of Cleary and Airline Drive in Metairie is asked to go there."
Thur Sept 1 Coast Guard rescued 3,000 stranded victims.
Fri Sept 2 Coast Guard rescued 4,000 stranded victims.
Don't forget Geraldo Rivera plea to help the people. With the swell of victims pouring out of the flood, the city of New Orleans open up the Convention Center. The city officals forgot to tell FEMA about this and they were stranded again!
"Convention center. I understand Geraldo Rivera was talking about those people on Wed. afternoon. No other mention in media until late Wednesday night. This is crucial because of FEMA’s response that they didn’t know about those folks until late morning on Thursday. BTW, I need a link to Brown’s statement that day."
This site has all the articles from Times-Picayune from that fateful disaster. Tons and Tons of information.
The Superdome was interesting. People were leaving the shelter to go back into town to loot while the authorities were rescuing people off roof tops!
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/09/04/katrina-response-timeline/
Maybe because Sean brought his own flak jacket? A member of my family was there in his boat early in the week and had to be called back in because other search and rescue were being shot at.