HOW MANY BABIES HAD TO DIE TODAY? THREE ? FIVE?
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WE WILL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE.
NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE. NOT IN THIS DAY IN AGE.WE WERE GIVEN THE WARNING A WEEK AGO.
YOU WERE TOLD TO LEAVE.SOME OF US OFFICERS BEGGED YOU TO LEAVE....THROUGH LAUGHTER YOU SAID NO... AND YOU SAID NO.. AND YOU SAID NO.
THERE WERE MANY EXCUSES GIVEN."HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT IN LINE OR STAY IN A SHELTER"
."REMEMBER RITA...THEY SAID..'IT TOOK 20 HOURS TO GET TO SAN ANTONIO".." THEY'RE ONLY TRYING TO SCARE US LIKE THEY DID WITH RITA".
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EXCUSE THAT THEY COULDN'T LEAVE.THERE.. WAS A WAY OUT AND SOMEONE HERE TO HELP THEM..THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO LEAVE.
STILL,SOME 20,000 STAYED IN GALVESTON .EVEN AFTER BEING TOLD TO PUT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR FOREARMS SO THEIR BODIES COULD BE IDENTIFIED. THEY LAUGHED AND DRANK.HAD BARBEQUE'S AND HURRICANE PARTIES.IT WAS EXCITING AND OH SO VERY FUNNY.........
UNTIL IT GOT DARK AND THE WINDS BLEW AND THE RAINS CAME...AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. IT WASN'T FUNNY OR EXCITING ANYMORE .YOU BECAME TERRIFIED,AND YOU PRAYED.YOU CALLED A RADIO STATION TO TALK.YOUR HUSBAND APOLOGIZED FOR NOT LISTENING AND YOU BEGAN TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOU BEGGED FOR HELP,YOU BEGGED FOR FORGIVENESS . YOU SAID' I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT....THEN THEN PHONE WENT DEAD.
WE ALL SAID A PRAYER.
WE JUST COULDN'T GET TO YOU. WE ARE SO SORRY. WE COULD HEAR YOUR BABY GIRL CRYING INTO THE PHONE, THE KIDS CRYING IN THE BACKGROUND..I FOUGHT THE OTHERS TO LEAVE TO GET YOU ,BUT I WAS PUSHED BACK BY THE HUNDRED MILE AN HOUR WINDS... I CRIED FOR YOUR BABY.I PRAYED FOR YOUR FAMILY.
DAMN IT !! WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE? WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE UP THE KIDS SO THEY COULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LIVE? I WAS ANGRY AND SCARED
I SAT THERE ,HOLDING MY HANDS TO MY FACE TO HIDE THE TEARS ............AND THEN ..THE WINDOWS BLEW OUT.....AND
THE WATERS CAME... AND CAME ...AND CAME..,
I THOUGHT ABOUT MY FAMILY SAFE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH HER FAMILY.I WANTED TO HUG MY KIDS, KISS THEM, KISS MY WIFE AND HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND LAUGHING, MAKING NOISE.[ GOD I PROMISE I'LL NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR NOISE AGAIN]
WE FOUND YOUR FAMILY IN THE ATTIC EARLY THIS SATURDAY MORNING.YOU WERE HOLDING YOUR BABY GIRL .YOUR HUSBAND HELD YOUR OTHER SON AND YOUR DAUGHTER. WHEN WE SAW THAT THEY HAD THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR LITTLE FOREARMS, WE BROKE DOWN AND CRIED.ALL SIX OF US GROWN MEN CRIED FOR ALL OF YOU .GOD THIS DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN!
YOU LOOKED PEACEFUL AND YOUR BABY GIRL WAS SMILING. THE OTHER CHILDREN LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE SLEEPING.
I SUPPOSE THEY ARE SLEEPING............IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL........
YOUR WITH THE LORD NOW...REST IN PEACE
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WE WILL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE.
NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE. NOT IN THIS DAY IN AGE.WE WERE GIVEN THE WARNING A WEEK AGO.
YOU WERE TOLD TO LEAVE.SOME OF US OFFICERS BEGGED YOU TO LEAVE....THROUGH LAUGHTER YOU SAID NO... AND YOU SAID NO.. AND YOU SAID NO.
THERE WERE MANY EXCUSES GIVEN."HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT IN LINE OR STAY IN A SHELTER"
."REMEMBER RITA...THEY SAID..'IT TOOK 20 HOURS TO GET TO SAN ANTONIO".." THEY'RE ONLY TRYING TO SCARE US LIKE THEY DID WITH RITA".
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EXCUSE THAT THEY COULDN'T LEAVE.THERE.. WAS A WAY OUT AND SOMEONE HERE TO HELP THEM..THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO LEAVE.
STILL,SOME 20,000 STAYED IN GALVESTON .EVEN AFTER BEING TOLD TO PUT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR FOREARMS SO THEIR BODIES COULD BE IDENTIFIED. THEY LAUGHED AND DRANK.HAD BARBEQUE'S AND HURRICANE PARTIES.IT WAS EXCITING AND OH SO VERY FUNNY.........
UNTIL IT GOT DARK AND THE WINDS BLEW AND THE RAINS CAME...AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. IT WASN'T FUNNY OR EXCITING ANYMORE .YOU BECAME TERRIFIED,AND YOU PRAYED.YOU CALLED A RADIO STATION TO TALK.YOUR HUSBAND APOLOGIZED FOR NOT LISTENING AND YOU BEGAN TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOU BEGGED FOR HELP,YOU BEGGED FOR FORGIVENESS . YOU SAID' I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT....THEN THEN PHONE WENT DEAD.
WE ALL SAID A PRAYER.
WE JUST COULDN'T GET TO YOU. WE ARE SO SORRY. WE COULD HEAR YOUR BABY GIRL CRYING INTO THE PHONE, THE KIDS CRYING IN THE BACKGROUND..I FOUGHT THE OTHERS TO LEAVE TO GET YOU ,BUT I WAS PUSHED BACK BY THE HUNDRED MILE AN HOUR WINDS... I CRIED FOR YOUR BABY.I PRAYED FOR YOUR FAMILY.
DAMN IT !! WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE? WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE UP THE KIDS SO THEY COULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LIVE? I WAS ANGRY AND SCARED
I SAT THERE ,HOLDING MY HANDS TO MY FACE TO HIDE THE TEARS ............AND THEN ..THE WINDOWS BLEW OUT.....AND
THE WATERS CAME... AND CAME ...AND CAME..,
I THOUGHT ABOUT MY FAMILY SAFE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH HER FAMILY.I WANTED TO HUG MY KIDS, KISS THEM, KISS MY WIFE AND HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND LAUGHING, MAKING NOISE.[ GOD I PROMISE I'LL NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR NOISE AGAIN]
WE FOUND YOUR FAMILY IN THE ATTIC EARLY THIS SATURDAY MORNING.YOU WERE HOLDING YOUR BABY GIRL .YOUR HUSBAND HELD YOUR OTHER SON AND YOUR DAUGHTER. WHEN WE SAW THAT THEY HAD THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR LITTLE FOREARMS, WE BROKE DOWN AND CRIED.ALL SIX OF US GROWN MEN CRIED FOR ALL OF YOU .GOD THIS DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN!
YOU LOOKED PEACEFUL AND YOUR BABY GIRL WAS SMILING. THE OTHER CHILDREN LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE SLEEPING.
I SUPPOSE THEY ARE SLEEPING............IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL........
YOUR WITH THE LORD NOW...REST IN PEACE