Canadians beat U.S. Army to New Orleans suburb (also beat FEMA)

[barbaraann]

Thu Sep 8, 1:36 AM ET
Reuters

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday.

The Canadians beat both the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. disaster response department, to St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans, where flood waters are still 8 feet deep in places, Sen. Walter Boasso said.
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"They chartered a plane and flew down," he said.
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"Fabulous, fabulous guys," Boasso said. "They started rolling with us and got in boats to save people.""They were so glad to be here," he said. "They're still here. They are actually going door-to-door looking in the attics" for people to rescue, he said.

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