Jesse
Jackson Travels To Storm-Damaged Areas of Louisiana
By The Associated
Press
The Rev. Jesse
Jackson arrived in Louisiana on Thursday to help people evacuate
the storm-ravaged New Orleans area and to see the devastation
Hurricane Katrina has wrought on the city.
Jackson
was headed into New Orleans with state Sen. Cleo Fields and
three buses to move 450 students from Xavier University to
safer locations outside the city and then make repeated roundtrips
throughout the night to help others escape.
"I
want them to know help is on the way and to keep their
hope alive," Jackson said in Baton Rouge before
leaving for the 70-mile trip.
Planning
to stay for about six days in Louisiana, Jackson chided
media reports that focused on looting and violence,
saying the reports portrayed people as animals and adding
he wasn't afraid to go into New Orleans.
"We're
going to New Orleans today without a security guard,"
he said. "We trust people."
In
response to the looting issue, Jackson says that people
are just trying to survive and cling to anything they
can.
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