Hi All,

I just watched this story on CNN. Aaron Brown was interviewing three male college students from Duke University about their adventure to New Orleans to attempt to help victims of the flood.

They drove from North Carolina straight through and had no problems getting gas in the area either. They lifted a press pass, a TV news crew T-Shirt and a news business card thinking they needed them to get past the National Guard. But they let them go through without anything more than a glance at the press pass.

Once arriving at the stadium, they saw conditions as bad as they have been described and they found 3 people who really needed medical care. They took them out in their car and drove them to a city in the north where they got emergency medical care and turned back to end up making two more rounds.

On their way back they saw 150 school buses heading north out of town with no occupants other than the driver.

All three were at a loss to understand why these victims were stranded, not by flood waters, but by red tape.

These three young enterprising hero's deserve more than a pat on the back. I hope the President gives them Medals of Honor for their efforts.

Petra