Over 9,400 children and adults are STILL MISSING post-Katrina

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Are ANY media outlets covering this? Any?!?

I haven't seen any coverage. The official number who have died is still around 1,000 -- but how in the world can anyone believe that thousands and thousands of people still missing two months after the hurricane/flood are not dead?

I called Laura Flanders last Saturday evening and got on air during a discussion of homelessness caused by Katrina. When I told them how many people were still missing -- and cited the official organizations below -- I felt as if my comment was dismissed. I know that my comment was not directly related to their topic of homelessness, but still...

The people who died deserve the dignity of having people know that they died. Their loved ones deserve the dignity of having people know who they have lost.

:nuke:

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - has a downloadable Excel file "Hurricane Katrina/Rita List" with names & ages of 2,099 kids who are still missing OR who are looking for their parents -
<http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2077>

National Center for Missing Adults - has a downloadable file with names of over 7,400 adults who are STILL MISSING.
<http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmalistview.php?wstr=Catastrophe&alpha=A>