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]]> By: Anonymous http://litablog.org/2006/06/25/photos-from-the-9th-ward/comment-page-1/#comment-15880 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:44:44 +0000 http://litablog.org/2006/06/25/photos-from-the-9th-ward/#comment-15880 Speaking as a New Yorker, you're completely right. After 9/11, Ground Zero did become a site, a pilgrimage that ensured people wouldn't forget the horror and the hatred that led to this. It took about two years until the rest of the country began forgetting, and that was only one small part of the city that was destroyed. In New Orleans, it wasn't hatred, but willful ignorance to improve the situation before a disaster struck, and one incredibly powerful force of nature. I can't believe that people aren't still willing to help, and that people don't realize the extent of the devastation - even though I haven't been there, I imagine that the scope is far worse than the detritus left from 9/11. Know that some of us haven't forgotten, and keep pushing for recognition and aid. Don't give up. -Trish Speaking as a New Yorker, you’re completely right. After 9/11, Ground Zero did become a site, a pilgrimage that ensured people wouldn’t forget the horror and the hatred that led to this. It took about two years until the rest of the country began forgetting, and that was only one small part of the city that was destroyed.

In New Orleans, it wasn’t hatred, but willful ignorance to improve the situation before a disaster struck, and one incredibly powerful force of nature. I can’t believe that people aren’t still willing to help, and that people don’t realize the extent of the devastation - even though I haven’t been there, I imagine that the scope is far worse than the detritus left from 9/11.

Know that some of us haven’t forgotten, and keep pushing for recognition and aid. Don’t give up.

-Trish

]]> By: doctorj http://litablog.org/2006/06/25/photos-from-the-9th-ward/comment-page-1/#comment-15831 doctorj Mon, 26 Jun 2006 01:32:58 +0000 http://litablog.org/2006/06/25/photos-from-the-9th-ward/#comment-15831 I am a native New Orleanian. , "his disgust and rage were palpaple. Rage against the politization of an event that should be above it. Rage at the friends and community he has lost due to suicide, alcohol, and dispersement. Disgust at an event that could have been prevented and was predicted. Sadness that America seemed to be forgetting and that it will take a decade to return to normalcy. Rage that recovery is slow and federal money is even slower in coming. The French Quarter and the Business District have survived and locals need that life-blood, energy and revenue to keep going." I couldn't have said it better. Now over the visuals you saw today, have Americans sitting in their clean, cool environments telling us we should stop whining and just pick up the mess. Have a president that calls you "those people in that part of the world." Now you have a good idea what it is like to live here. New Orleans will survive because of the tenacity of its citizens and their love of the city. But it is hard, very hard. Thank you ALA for having the bravery to commit to New Orleans in these hard times. We will never forget you. I am a native New Orleanian.
, “his disgust and rage were palpaple. Rage against the politization of an event that should be above it. Rage at the friends and community he has lost due to suicide, alcohol, and dispersement. Disgust at an event that could have been prevented and was predicted. Sadness that America seemed to be forgetting and that it will take a decade to return to normalcy. Rage that recovery is slow and federal money is even slower in coming. The French Quarter and the Business District have survived and locals need that life-blood, energy and revenue to keep going.”
I couldn’t have said it better. Now over the visuals you saw today, have Americans sitting in their clean, cool environments telling us we should stop whining and just pick up the mess. Have a president that calls you “those people in that part of the world.” Now you have a good idea what it is like to live here. New Orleans will survive because of the tenacity of its citizens and their love of the city. But it is hard, very hard. Thank you ALA for having the bravery to commit to New Orleans in these hard times. We will never forget you.

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