Rescuers told gals on rooftops to 'show us what you've got'
Female survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were urged by government rescuers to flash their breasts in order to receive help in the immediate aftermath of the storm.
That according to English tourists who are now just returning to the United Kingdom, relating their horror stories to British media.
Ged Scott, 36, of Liverpool, was on his annual vacation at New Orleans' Ramada Hotel with his wife Sandra, 37, and their 7-year-old son, Ronan.
"I could not describe how bad the authorities were, taking photographs of us as we are standing on the roof waving for help, for their own personal photo albums, little snapshot photographs," Scott told the Liverpool Daily Post.
Scott said there was a group of girls standing on the lobby's roof, calling out to passing rescuers for help.
"[The authorities] said to them, 'Well, show us what you've got' - doing signs for them to lift their T-shirts up. The girls said no, and [the rescuers] said 'well fine,' and motored off down the road in their motorboat. That's the sort of help we had from the authorities," he said.
New Orleans is noted for women flashing their breasts in public, especially during the annual Mardi Gras festival.
Scott called the relief operation "horrendous," noting police officers had taken "souvenir" photographs of stranded people begging for help.
That according to English tourists who are now just returning to the United Kingdom, relating their horror stories to British media.
Ged Scott, 36, of Liverpool, was on his annual vacation at New Orleans' Ramada Hotel with his wife Sandra, 37, and their 7-year-old son, Ronan.
"I could not describe how bad the authorities were, taking photographs of us as we are standing on the roof waving for help, for their own personal photo albums, little snapshot photographs," Scott told the Liverpool Daily Post.
Scott said there was a group of girls standing on the lobby's roof, calling out to passing rescuers for help.
"[The authorities] said to them, 'Well, show us what you've got' - doing signs for them to lift their T-shirts up. The girls said no, and [the rescuers] said 'well fine,' and motored off down the road in their motorboat. That's the sort of help we had from the authorities," he said.
New Orleans is noted for women flashing their breasts in public, especially during the annual Mardi Gras festival.
Scott called the relief operation "horrendous," noting police officers had taken "souvenir" photographs of stranded people begging for help.