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CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT, 9/1/2005:

When we were on Canal Street a few hours ago, the police came by and strongly advised us to get off the street, and just said, you know, it’s slipping, you know? You have to get off the street now. It’s not safe at all to be on the street. Some women were walking by. The police officers told them — ordered them, in fact, that they could not go down one particular street, told them that there have been groups of young men going around, shooting people, attempting to rape women, and ordered them to continue walking in the other direction . . . And off in the distance, over the Mississippi River, I can see just a thick cloud of black smoke rising up over the bridge. One of the police officers tells me that that is Oakwood Mall pretty much burning to the ground right now.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN FASHION MODEL, 9/1/2005:

And what is being done to stop it? What can be done to stop it? That is what people want to know tonight. Chris Lawrence, thanks for that. Try to stay safe, as safe as you can. Certainly, stay off those streets.

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT, 9/1/2005:

Right now, behind me, I can see smoke rising from across the Mississippi River, where police tell us that a mall is literally
burning to the ground. Right here in the city, overhead, helicopters are literally just completely surrounding the city. We have seen some news helicopters, but a lot of Red Cross, police helicopters, a lot of the big Chinooks that the military uses. It is virtually a state of siege here in New Orleans right now and just a scene that you never thought you would see in a major American city. Down on the ground, police were telling us when they got us off the street, it’s just too dangerous to stay.

One officer said, there have literally been groups of young men roaming the city, shooting at people, attempting to rape women. As we were getting hustled out of our location, one of the officers told a group of young ladies, do not go down that street. He ordered them to turn around and head back up another street. He said, the situation is just extremely dangerous on the ground right now.

DAVID LEE MILLER, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT, 9/1/2005:

Hi, John, as you so rightly point out, there are so many murders taking place. There are rapes, other violent crimes taking place in New Orleans.

DAVID LEE MILLER, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT, 9/1/2005:

One reason that there are so many in front of the building, I am told that simply it is intolerable inside. There is an absolutely unbearable stench, even though people get water and they get food. Inside, there have been reports of rapes and shootings and a number of people we talked with have simply said they do not want to be inside the Superdome as they wait, and wait, and wait now for these buses to arrive that are supposedly going to take them to the Astrodome in Houston, as well as a number of other locations, hopefully to better locations.

ALAN COLMES, FOX NEWS ANCHOR, 9/1/2005:

There were reports today of robberies, rapes, car-jackings, riots, and murder. Violent gangs are roaming the streets at night, hidden by the cover of darkness. The situation at the Superdome can only be described as chaos. Thousands packed into buses to head for Houston. In their wake, they left trash, human refuse, and dead bodies. Fights broke out inside. Shots were fired outside, suspending the evacuation. And still, all across the city tonight, thousands of people wait, praying for a way out.

SHEPARD SMITH, FOX WAX FIGURE, 9/2/2005:

The civic center, here, the convention center is another story entirely. Confirmed reports of rapes and murders inside that place; and nothing better than chaos in there. Now the National Guard is on site and that situation appears to be improving.

GERALDO RIVERA, FOX JACKASS, 9/3/2005:

Sean, I tell you, what a difference a day makes. Yesterday the sun set on a scene of terror, chaos, confusion, anarchy, violence, rapes, murders, dead babies, dead people — I mean, it was — I could not emphasize how horrible it was 24 hours ago, 24 hours later. This building behind me crowded with thousands and thousands of the most desperate refugees you could imagine has been emptied in the historic airlift.

LISA DANIELS, MSNBC, 9/1/2005:

And we`re back with this special edition of the ABRAMS REPORT on the spiraling chaos in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Despite some water and food arriving in New Orleans, 15,000 people are trapped at the Convention Center. Reports of beatings, rapes, and police force back. The city`s mayor has put out a desperate SOS for help.

TUCKER CARLSON, MSNBC RETREAD, 9/6/2005:

Now, there are a number of reports today, and some of them sounded to me accurate, that there were more murders than we knew about that took place at the Superdome and at the convention center. Have you heard anything about that?

JOE SCARBOROUGH, MSNBC CRO-MAGNON, 9/9/2005:

Tonight`s top headline, biohazard. A special report, the Superdome, temporary haven for 25,000, but it became a horrific scene of rape and murder. Now it is a poisonous mess. We`re going to be taking you inside.

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