Iconic words uttered from newsrooms across the country, especially on holidays.
Finding a lead story on a holiday rivals that of explores discovering the Holy Grail or the lost underwater city of Atlantis. Simply put, it is a long shot. It is not every day that something shows up on the news radar. That was not the case this time.
Over the weekend on the high seas, a kid from Hammond mysteriously falls overboard off a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico during a senior trip. While an investigation is happening on the ship, the Coast Guard continues the search and rescue mission.
Here on dry land, news crews from the region are dispatched to the kid’s hometown for reaction to the latest news. Meaning we go to a prayer service that we are not allowed to attend in hopes of finding someone to talk to us about the latest tragic events surrounding their loved ones. I see we are not the only ones here. Looks like members of the New Orleans Delegation, including the North Rampart District, are in the same situation we are.
As soon as the words, “Please get off the property. And we would ask that you not talk to anyone afterwards”, The Kidd asks, “What are we going to do for sound”? “We are going to keep our distance and wait for someone to come to us”, was my response. I’ve always believe that people will talk when they are ready to talk not when there are a ton of microphones with logos jammed in their face.
Time passes and the services are ending. The parishioners start filing out of the building. I go and let the Kidd do his thing and we get lucky. Somehow, we manage to get some of the kid’s friends to talk to us. It’s never easy to talk to people while they are grieving. I can’t imagine what they are going through.
I know they’ll continuing praying for a miracle but this story may not have a happy conclusion
Finding a lead story on a holiday rivals that of explores discovering the Holy Grail or the lost underwater city of Atlantis. Simply put, it is a long shot. It is not every day that something shows up on the news radar. That was not the case this time.
Over the weekend on the high seas, a kid from Hammond mysteriously falls overboard off a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico during a senior trip. While an investigation is happening on the ship, the Coast Guard continues the search and rescue mission.
Here on dry land, news crews from the region are dispatched to the kid’s hometown for reaction to the latest news. Meaning we go to a prayer service that we are not allowed to attend in hopes of finding someone to talk to us about the latest tragic events surrounding their loved ones. I see we are not the only ones here. Looks like members of the New Orleans Delegation, including the North Rampart District, are in the same situation we are.As soon as the words, “Please get off the property. And we would ask that you not talk to anyone afterwards”, The Kidd asks, “What are we going to do for sound”? “We are going to keep our distance and wait for someone to come to us”, was my response. I’ve always believe that people will talk when they are ready to talk not when there are a ton of microphones with logos jammed in their face.
Time passes and the services are ending. The parishioners start filing out of the building. I go and let the Kidd do his thing and we get lucky. Somehow, we manage to get some of the kid’s friends to talk to us. It’s never easy to talk to people while they are grieving. I can’t imagine what they are going through.
I know they’ll continuing praying for a miracle but this story may not have a happy conclusion
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Teach 'em young, Senator.
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