Discussions - USA - Rescue buses, but no one to drive
Washington,DF,USA -Australian (Australia), by Geoff Elliott -Sept 13, 2005: -- NEW Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has defended himself against charges that he botched the rescue effort in his flooded city, saying he had no choice but to abandon hundreds of school buses to the floodwaters... The buses could have been used later to rescue people, but Mr Nagin said they were left at a depot because he had no drivers to move them... Photos of the swamped buses have been political dynamite for Mr Nagin's critics, who along with Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco attacked the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, saying there were not enough buses sent to New Orleans to rescue the more than 40,000 people stranded in the city centre...
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