Death With Dignity

I find it rich that Tony Ebbert, chief of New Orleans emergency ops, has the nerve to talk about providing dignity to those who died on the streets of New Orleans -- he says the way to do that is to keep the press out. Also, anyone have any idea on how to confirm whether or not there were children that died in the convention center? I remember seeing on Reuters that there was a seven-year-old boy who was raped and murdered in the convention center, his body hidden in an industrial fridge. I haven't been able to find the story since, though.



From today's WSJ:

Crisis News Tracker
September 9, 2005 12:47 p.m.
Updated regularly with news on the hurricane's aftermath. All times EDT.

Friday, Sept. 9

12:10 p.m.: At a midday press briefing, New Orleans police report that there were no major incidents overnight and that, despite rumors, there were no children found dead in the convention center. The city attorney for New Orleans says a mandatory evacuation is still in effect and that checkpoints have been set up at entry points to the city. "Force is not being used. Our officers and troops continue to strongly encourage, strongly encourage, people … to leave." She assure property owners that police and troops in the city are on constant patrol for looters and vandals. Tony Ebbert, chief of New Orleans emergency operations, discusses efforts to recover bodies. He says that, in an effort to make it a dignified process, there will be no press allowed when searches for remains are conducted.