Taped under receptionist Gloria Williams’s desk were “urgent” instructions to recite in case of a hurricane: “Our Father who art in heaven, through the powerful intercession of Lady of Prompt Succor spare us from the harm during the hurricane season.”
No prayer could stop Katrina’s rushing waters or ease the fatal heat that followed. When rescue workers finally arrived five days later, bodies were found wrapped in bedsheets in the chapel. Originally told 14 had died, officials eventually recovered 22 corpses.
Anne Hull and Doug Struck with At Nursing Home, Katrina Dealt Only The First Blow.
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