FEMA Passed Up Available Rescue Equipment After Katrina...

Associated Press LARA JAKES JORDAN January 29, 2006 at 11:13 PM
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Hundreds of available trucks, boats, planes and federal officers were unused in search and rescue efforts immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit because FEMA failed to give them missions, new documents show.

Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency called off its search and rescue operations in Louisiana three days after the Aug. 29 storm because of security issues, according to an internal FEMA e-mail given to Senate investigators.






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