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TexasBushwhacker

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13. I have a friend whose husband was a cop in NOLA

Reply to Separation (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:16 AM

Aug 2015

He was put on body recovery duty. He was a homicide detective and had certainly seen plenty of dead bodies. But that didn't begin to compare to what he had to see, day after day, post Katrina. He had PTSD from it.

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What Hurricane Katrina Taught Me [View all] Aerows Aug 2015 OP

Aerows livetohike Aug 2015 #1

k&r uppityperson Aug 2015 #2

Thank you for this post. Texasgal Aug 2015 #3

K&R Arrows! Sissyk Aug 2015 #4

Imagine being an Iraqi in Baghdad experiencing "Shock and Awe". delrem Aug 2015 #5

You know what? You are right, but please do not hijack this thread. uppityperson Aug 2015 #8

K&R onecaliberal Aug 2015 #6

My best memory is of a bunch of people who were flown out here Warpy Aug 2015 #7

Those of us that stayed behind Aerows Aug 2015 #10

....x10+ 840high Aug 2015 #9

I was there with you. Separation Aug 2015 #11

I have a friend whose husband was a cop in NOLA TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #13

Oh man, Aerows mnhtnbb Aug 2015 #12

Lovely post malaise Aug 2015 #14