Summary
With water quickly overtaking his New Orleans home, Charles Andrew Williams kept his 84-year-old mother afloat for as long as possible. "We was just a floatin' in that house, and she said, 'Charles, we're going to die here.' I said, 'That's not what God said.' "
Williams and his mother, Mary, finally got out of the house and made their way to the Superdome, where tens of thousands of displaced residents congregated awaiting help. It was there that Williams last saw his ailing mother, whom he sent off with Red Cross workers for medical attention.See the full content of this document
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Relief Is Tinged with Worry
"I cry every day because I don't know where...
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