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So much admiration

posted 13 years ago by I_Aint_No_Prophet
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I have a great amount of admiration for the people in this film. Larry (guy with the punching bag) truly was a hero. He was the only one floating around and trying to help people when he was first shown, and after he helped take everyone in Kim's attic to the two-story house across the street, he just went on his way to find more people to help. It's made even more touching when we discover that he and Scott were enemies before the disaster. I'm really glad to see how most of them overcame the situation they were in before the hurricane, but it gave me even more disdain for the government with how poorly they were treated. I'm particularly appalled by Wink's statement about how everyone in the jail was just left to die and had to survive by eating toothpaste and paper. Sure, criminals don't necessarily deserve to live freely within society, but they still deserve to live.

"Why do you find it so hard to believe?"
"Why do you find it so easy?"
"It's never BEEN easy!"

[–] crow82 13 years ago

I agree with everything you had to say here. Both Kim and Scott are wonderful people with huge hearts. I think the true test of a person's character can be seen when things get difficult and reach the point of becoming a crisis. This is a great documentary and gave people an up close and personal look into what the residents actually went through, as well as the aftermath. The mainstream media would never show anything like this.

One of the things that really broke my heart was when they went out to the high school and the naval base, and were talking about how the people in charge wouldn't even allow them to enter the building and turned their guns upon them. All they were doing were trying to seek shelter and survive and that's how the military responded? Wow, that was just utterly awful and so very sad.