Help Reaches New Orleans(For Billy Lee Hae Gyu)

Thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims are rescued as troops deliver food, water and
medicine
Relief came to New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday. National Guard soldiers evacuated thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims trapped in the Superdome, a large stadium. For the first time since Katrina struck five days earlier, large numbers of soldiers delivered food, water and medicine to sick, tired and hungry victims.
Thousands of victims were rescued from the squalor of the Superdome and the New Orleans Convention Center onto air-conditioned buses headed to Texas. People in two hospitals with dwindling supplies of food, water and medicine were also evacuated. Many were rescued from rooftops.
By Saturday, between 2,000 and 5,000 people were still waiting to be evacuated from the Superdome and the Convention Center. "We're hurting out here, man,?said Tasheka Johnson, 24. "All we want is someone to feel our pain, that's all."
By Sunday, hundreds of people were left at the two shelters. Officials fear the number of people who died in the flooding will be in the thousands.
Joy and Anger
Victims were overjoyed at the wave of relief. "Something is better than nothing," she Diane Sylvester, 49, as she got in line for food and water. "I feel great to see the military here. I know I'm saved."
But many were angry that the help had not come much sooner. On Thursday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin criticized the government for responding too slowly. Many have criticized President George W. Bush for not acting quickly enough to help Katrina뭩 victims.
On Friday afternoon, Bush traveled to the hardest-hit areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He toured the flooded city of New Orleans by helicopter. In Mississippi, he walked through the wreckage of Biloxi and comforted survivors. Congress approved $10.5 billion in emergency money to pay for relief efforts.
President Bush Speaks to the Nation
On Saturday, Bush spoke to the nation from the White House. He called the devastated region "a disaster area that is larger than the size of Great Britain."
"Many of our citizens simply are not getting the help they need, especially in New Orleans and that is unacceptable," he said. "Where our response is not working, we뭠l make it right. We will not rest until we get this right and the job is done."
Other Challenges
Adding to the emergency situation in New Orleans on Friday was a series of fires. The fires were left to burn because firefighters had no way of reaching them. Meanwhile, officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it could take six months to drain the city of floodwaters. FEMA is the government agency that deals with emergencies and natural disasters.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.When did the relief came to New Orleans, Louisiana?
2.What did the soldiers gave to the survivors?
3.By Saturday, how many people were waiting to be rescued from the Superdome and the Convention Center?
4.What did the people feel about it?
5.What did president bush do regarding this matter?
6.What will you do as a kid in this certain situation?