effective or adequate response to our shared vulnerability. on august 29th, 2007, hurricane katrina toppled the levees that protect new orleans. killed more than 1,500 people. destroyed nearly 100,000 homes. displaced more than 1 million gulf coast residents. and crippled the mississippi gulf coast and southeastern louisiana. of we watched as americans were abandoned on the rooftops of their homes, and we realized that our system could not even get water to the people of a major american city for days. and this too reminded us that we are all vulnerable. not only to the danger of foreign enemies, but to the neglect of our own public institutions. the lessons of katrina were critical lessons. katrina exposed the consequences of our aging and inadequate infrastructure. the floodwaters also revealed the long-standing racial and economic differences that made
and we make innova the way you d make it, with everything they need and nothing they don t. innova is pet food made right so can you feed them right. find it at your local pet store. welcome back to the ed show. the national association of free clinics is holding a free clinic in new orleans august 29th and we need your help. the donations made through msnbc over the past two years have helped stage these clinics and provide health care for those who simply have no health care at all. i ve seen it first hand. it has been life saving in some instances. in february of last year back when i was doing the 6:00 hour i broadcast from a free clinic in connecticut. here is part of my report from the site after seeing first hand
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where is molly? come on! all the windows have busted out. let s go. i was scared, very, very, very scared. august 29th, shortly before dawn, katrina makes landfall. already you can see blown-out windows in the building across the street from us. the wind is howling and circulating throughout this, the corridors of these streets. what we are seeing here is water coming up from the drainage system as hurricane katrina continues to beat its path at our door. we re making our way over here. come on. let s go this way.