"Thousands still missing after Katrina"

[PeterofLoneTree]

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Medical examiner wants search to resume in hardest-hit areas<br><br>NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- More than 3,200 people are officially still unaccounted for nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, and the state medical examiner wants the search to resume for those missing from the most devastated neighborhoods.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/18/katrina.missing.ap/">www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/18...issing.ap/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[marykmusic]

The early reports of so many bodies floating that the rescuers in boats had to push aside with paddles... just sort of faded away. The numbers never did add up. This helps fill in some gaps. --MaryK <p></p><i></i>