Congressman Reports More Than 100 Died In A Warehouse, Waiting For Rescue
POSTED: 2:00 pm CDT September 7, 2005
UPDATED: 2:13 pm CDT September 7, 2005
NEW ORLEANS -- Even as crews in New Orleans try to find and count the corpses that are decaying in the 90-degree heat, reports of the extent of the tragedy are starting to emerge.
A Louisiana congressman said more than 100 people died at a warehouse along a New Orleans dock. U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon said they died as they waited for rescuers to take them to safety.
And a state lawmaker says 30 people died at a flooded-out nursing home just outside New Orleans.
Nita Hutter said the staff had left the residents behind in their beds.
A rescue that was supposed to take place never happened.
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