"We are out here like pure animals. We don't have any help."

[Stephanie]

Rescuers: Boat operation suspended
Thousands still stranded in New Orleans

Thursday, September 1, 2005; Posted: 12:49 p.m. EDT (16:49 GMT)


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Outside the New Orleans Convention Center, a huge crowd waited on the sidewalks for aid that could be a long time coming. The building was used as a secondary shelter when the Louisiana Superdome was overwhelmed.

CNN's Chris Lawrence reported that conditions inside the building were appalling -- a number of bodies were visible, including a baby.

"We are out here like pure animals. We don't have any help," Rev. Issac Clark told the Associated Press.

That there were also bodies outside the building and that no one had come to collect them

As reports indicated a mounting death toll in New Orleans, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said that "we understand there are thousands of dead people" in Louisiana, according to media reports.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/katrina.impact/index.html