Ivor Van Heerden - Quotes

Quotes

  • "What bothers me the most is all the people who've died unnecessarily."
  • "Those FEMA officials wouldn't listen to me. Those Corps of Engineers people giggled in the back of the room when we tried to present information."
  • When it was suggested that tents be prepared. "Their response to me was: 'Americans don't live in tents,' and that was about it."
  • "As a nation, let's take up the 'Rebuild!' battle cry. Now is the time to put politics, egos, turf wars and profit agendas aside. We owe it to the thirteen hundred Americans who died in the Katrina tragedy. We owe it to their survivors and to all future generations. It's now or never."

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