Hurricane Katrina
These are links to articles about Mr. Baker during the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina.
PARENT NOTE: Some of these articles depict factual, yet graphic desriptions
of events that occured during the afermath of Huricane Katrina.
News Articles
...informal volunteer group was put together by Christopher
Baker, who used to teach 4th graders in the New Orleans school
district. Suddenly out of a job, Mr. Baker went to the Shreveport,
La., school district looking for work...
Band of helpers bring their boats, supplies, resolve
"Not every day we see a body and keep going,"; police officer
Wilfred Eddington told his commander as they chugged past a
corpse gently bobbing on one of New Orleans's main streets...
Sadness and shock as police patrol swamped city
One of the few undisputed heroes of Hurricane Katrina, a one-time
bouncer turned teacher, still lives in a trailer a year after he
rescued survivors of the great storm.
Bouncing back: Hurricane hero rebuilds his life in time for Katrina's birthday
"What would I say to George Bush? I'd say 'Thanks'," he
said. "Without him, we wouldn't have had the support we've had. I've
seen a lot of people not helping themselves and just wallowing in
sorrow."
New Orleans echoes to post-Katrina blues
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