We're not even dealing with dead bodies, ... They're just pushing them on the side.

I feel like Sisyphus a lot of times, pushing a rock up a hill.

I'm not sure I'm going to get out of here alive. I'm scared of riots. I'm scared of the locals. We might get caught in the crossfire.

New Orleans is not asking for a handout; we're asking for a hand up,

We are not taking any crap, ... If you come back to this city and you think it's going to be the way it was before, we have a rude awakening for you.

I think if Mr. Benson wants to leave, he could have done it a little bit differently. Not right after a major storm when 80 percent of the city is flooded and most of the citizens are gone.