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Pastimes : Hurricane Katrina – Historical Perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (29)	9/3/2005 5:38:30 PM
From: Cisco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 40

A young Briton trapped with his fiancée in the stadium telephoned his father yesterday and pleaded to be rescued, saying that they were in "dreadful danger". Mark Graydon, 26, had described to his father John Graydon how the stadium, a makeshift home to about 30,000 evacuees from the hurricane, including a group of about 30 Britons, was being run by local mafia. He said that his American fiancée, Gretchen Heiserman, had been threatened with rape. "He told me he was very concerned about his life and his girlfriend's" said John Graydon from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex, "He said: 'Dad, you have to get us out of here'. He is desperate. They are being seriously intimidated." Mr Graydon's father added: "He and Gretchen are surrounded by bullies, the local mafia huge threatening men who seem to have taken over the running of the place. There are rumours a couple of women have been raped and he is scared for Gretchen. It's like a scene from Mad Max in there. news.independent.co.uk