It was awful, ... We thought of all the people we'd met and faces we'd seen, and wondered if they survived. The morning after we got out, everyone was being shoved into the Superdome.

I thought about two people out there,

They came out with butterflies. We thought it would take three or four minutes to get them out; it took a half.

We thought we were qualified for the postseason, just from the schedule and opponents. We just couldn't do anything about their finish in 2005. That shouldn't have been counted against us.

They found two Louisiana Swamp Tour Vans that were charging $40 apiece,

Both the hotel workers and their families, and the tourists, were fed and given water in food lines, ... Food and water were growing scarce. On the 30th, it was announced that 10 buses were on their way.