"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
"I don’t know who this lady is... she waved at him and he made his way up to her. I thought their interaction would be the same as last time but I was wrong. "
“FEMA can not do what it does so well without the cooperation of faith-based nonprofit organizations and churches. It’s a beautiful relationship between government and the private sector and it is something to behold.”
"Tears immediately stung my eyes. Did he not realize that I, and the man serving us, could hear that? I grabbed the sample and quickly walked over to Greg unable to speak. My mind kept replaying the words this stranger had just said."
“My wife’s gone. I have six kids, three are under the age of 5. I’m just going to focus on my daughter right now, getting her home.... As far as what I'm going to do after that, I can’t tell you.”
"She would talk to people about how great the wedding was going to be. She wasn't coherent enough to realize that she wasn't going to make it to there."
