FYI- some Good News- all but 12 "Hurricane Kids" re-united with family

[underpants]

LBN thread here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2181692

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-22-hurricane-kids_x.htm

All kids displaced by Gulf hurricanes now reunited, agency says

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children worked with the FBI, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Postal Service, Red Cross and other agencies to reunite children separated from their parents or guardians when Katrina hit on Aug. 29 and Rita hit just a few weeks later.

In the months following Katrina, the agency received reports of 4,710 children missing or displaced in Louisiana, 339 in Mississippi and 39 in Alabama. In Louisiana, most of the reports were about children in the New Orleans area, where heavy flooding and frantic rescues separated families.

After Rita, another 28 children were reported missing or displaced in Louisiana; 76 were reported in Texas.

Of the more than 5,000 children from both storms, all but 12 were found alive. Most were found living with other relatives, family friends or other adults, O'Brien said.

Cortez, the final child, was reunited with her mother and five siblings in Houston on March 16. She hadn't seen her family since Katrina hit and was taken to a New Orleans hotel by her godmother.

[AirmensMom]

1. Thanks, underpants.

I'm giving this a kick.

:kick:

[underpants]

3. I e-mailed this around the office

seems that everyone wants to respond with a "YAAAAAY!"

it's universal.

[LynzM]

2. Wow, an actual piece of actual good news.

Thank you for sharing! :bounce: