2005-09-04

Frustration Grows In Days Stranded On Interstate 10

Frustration Grows In Days Stranded On Interstate 10: "NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2 -- Debbie Brooks has never been to Ethiopia, but after two interminable days spent atop a stretch of Interstate 10 here, she now knows what it means to be starving under a baking sun, watching family members deteriorate by the hour.

'I have lived that experience now,' she said Friday afternoon from the patch of concrete she, her father and aunt have called home since dawn Thursday. 'This is like the Third World.'"

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