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Good thing you made me check, Dave Bell. Memory does play tricks on you. The Chronicle article refers some paramedics in a convention in New Orleans, but not the same ones:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/04/BAG6TEIBDF1.DTL&hw=paramedics+orleans&sn=002&sc=846

And after my post I thought that, of course, the fact that some details were published a couple of days ago (like the prices of the buses) were not a proof (maybe au contraire). Anyway, I'll try to find that article, that was interesting, although it might be difficult.

I apologize for relying on my memory and relaying false information.

When I read this yesterday at Andrew Sullivan's, I've wondered why the SF Chronicle, that ran a story about these two coming home almost a week ago, with brief quotes, never really explored. After all, newspapers usually love anecdotical accounts of catastrophes. Obviously, this one was too much, even for the SF Chronicle.

Also, I remember reading a story by a New Orleans'writer that corroborates the part of the buses, down to the sums: 25.000$ for the buses, 45$ per ticket. Unfortunately, I don't remember his name, I just remember he hunkered down at home in the French Quarter with some friends until they thought it was too much (one of his neighbors had to have a dialysis and needed medical attention) and they joined the crowd for the buses in the hotel. These local people eventually got away very quickly in a bus driven by a resourceful guy (bus looter?). It was all very well written, in a light tone (the underlying message was, don't write off NO yet), probably in the NY Times.

Of course, this does not corroborate the rest of the story, but it is a good indication that it is true, I think.

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