We wanted to share this article that ran in the Larchmont Gazette last week about the Clearinghouse.
What a breathe of fresh air it was to find out about your website on the Larchmont Gazette. I live in Larchmont, and was helping Jana, a young woman who grew up in our town who had been living with her husband in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Her husband Craig O’Brian is a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, stationed in New Orleans. Craig and his fellow Coasties selflessly rescued thousands of stranded people, often jeopardizing their own lives. Jana and Craig house were flooded as well and they lost everything.
Sunday evenings, the Weather Station has been televising a series on the Coast Guard Helicopter pilots and their Hurricane Katrina rescue. Craig O’Brian, this Sunday will be featured in their story. I hope people will tune in and watch this show. I believe there will be three more episodes.
When Jana was here, I had so much difficulty getting her help. I am not sure of the reason.
I know that Craig and his unit need all the thanks that we can give them. When I viewed the show last week, I realized how traumatized these Coast Guard Pilots were after having to make the decision of whom they would take, and who they had to leave behind. One pilot spoke about having to split up a family, and left the father on a roof after evacuating his children and wife. There was no more room for him, and when they returned to get him, he wasn’t there and they never found out what happened to him.
For those who would like to see one of our own residents, and what she and her husband faced during Hurricane Katrina, tune in on Sunday night at 8 p.m., to the Weather Station.