THE CONTRAFLOW PROJECT

Another sleepless night on the Internet searching for news stories, blog postings and first-hand accounts. It was like the entire (original) O.J. Simpson Trial crammed into four days. The hot desert sun rose again. It was now Friday, September 2, 2005, and I was back at it looking for more info monitoring all three networks for breaking news and local AM radio stations. Then out of nowhere I heard New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s voice. His WWL-AM interview from the night before was re-broadcast for the world to hear. He was going off. His final words were embedded into my brain “…don’t tell me 40,000 people are coming here. They’re not here. It’s too doggone late. Now get off your asses and do something, and let’s fix the biggest goddamn crisis in the history of this country.” I thought the Mayor was talking to me. This is when I first began thinking about what I could do from Southern Nevada to help. This was unbelievable. This is so sad…

M. Darryl Woods, Literary Responder
thecontraflow@yahoo.com