Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carr

Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the nightmare. The tired, hungry and desperate seethe, saying they have been forsaken.

Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the nightmare. The tired, hungry and desperate seethe, saying they have been forsaken.
Friday, September 02, 2005
JACK DOUGLAS JR.,

SCOTT DODD and MARTIN MERZER

NEW ORLEANS -- Some of Hurricane Katrina's most desperate victims abandoned a dying city Thursday as food and drinking water disappeared and anarchy flared. People armed with shotguns guarded their homes and stores. Rescue crews came under fire from hijackers.

For thousands upon thousands of people, time was running out. A Knight Ridder reporter saw three bodies in and around the Superdome. Criticism of the federal response to the most sweeping natural disaster in American history rose to a fever pitch -- and not just in New Orleans."