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For Gerald Anderson, a brewing storm meant an opportunity to break into cars, stores, and homes. He would then buy drugs and inevitably land in jail. From age 15 to 37, this cycle was all he knew. But when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the levees broke, Anderson's focus shifted, and he called upon skills he had learned in prison to tend to those who were trapped. Using a boat they found at an evacuated house in the Garden District, Anderson and his homeboys battled chin-high floodwaters to rescue victims, in some cases their bodies: a woman in labor, an old man without legs, an addict with a bullet in his chest. He and his friends looked after families and elderly in the projects just like if we was protecting the Presidents house. Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in the Floodwaters of Katrina is more than a tale of struggles when the levees broke. A gifted storyteller, Anderson weaves reflections on life before Katrina into the narrative. Whenever I disobeyed my brother, hed hold me up to the ceiling and drop me. One hour later I go right back and disobey him. After a while it like a bee sting, it hurt for a minute and go away. . . . The neighborhood I came up in, you sit on the porch, and it like watchin a wrasslin match. You see the ladies, the hustlers, the dogfights. If there aint men doin' violence, women be fightin about men. Anderson also reflects on using his wits in prison, where he grilled cheese sandwiches by ironing them inside brown paper bags. In Louisiana State Penitentiary, Anderson lived with his father for the first time and realized, My daddy got a little care about me. Seeing dead bodies had been commonplace for Anderson. But when his beloved Miss Mary and her grandchildren are stabbed to death during Katrina, Anderson says, "It put chills in my body . . . . I aint never seen anyone murdered that open her heart to you like Miss Mary." Anderson's memoir illuminates a mans life that is tested by floodwaters and then given new meaning by his rescue efforts. His voice and cadence lend immediacy to his riveting story. When author and award-winning journalist Susan Orlins met Anderson he was selling Street Sense, Washington, DCs newspaper that is written and sold by homeless vendors. For 18 months they met weekly. He talked, she typed. She asked questions, he answered. Andersons memoir is the result. AXS - Official Tickets and Your Source for Live Entertainment The AXS Cookie Policy This website like most others uses cookies in order to give you a great online experience By continuing to use our website you accept to our Charlotte sun herald UFDC Home Material Information Title: Charlotte sun herald Uniform Title: Charlotte sun herald (Charlotte Harbor Fla : 1995) Running title: Sun herald Physical Description: US News Latest National News Videos & Photos - ABC Sections; Top Stories; Watch; US International; Politics; Lifestyle; Entertainment; Virtual Reality; Health; Tech; Investigative; Sports; Weather; Shows Shows Archives - Phillycom Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Daily News and Phillycom
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