Holiday Inn
What do you think this ? A Holiday Inn ?
One month after Hurricane Katrina. I'm staying at a Holiday Inn with my husband while he works at one of his pharmacy sites. There are several family's staying here; displaced from New Orleans. Their Homes are gone ! They do not know what is in their future. They are in limbo. I sat with a couple of elderly ladies outside the lobby of the hotel. They were hanging out on the benches as if they were back home sitting on their porches. Talking about their ordeals , being at the super dome and being split up from their familys, going from one shelter to another from Oaklahoma to Tenn until finally ending up here in Jackson Ms. to be reunited with there familys at this Holiday Inn. The hotel has allowed several familys to remain here at no cost. There was a local news team here this morning to hear the stories of their plight. And to give the hotel staff praise as they go above and beyond to make these people feel at home. I feel for these people ; I get to leave here in awhile to my home . They don't......................
One month after Hurricane Katrina. I'm staying at a Holiday Inn with my husband while he works at one of his pharmacy sites. There are several family's staying here; displaced from New Orleans. Their Homes are gone ! They do not know what is in their future. They are in limbo. I sat with a couple of elderly ladies outside the lobby of the hotel. They were hanging out on the benches as if they were back home sitting on their porches. Talking about their ordeals , being at the super dome and being split up from their familys, going from one shelter to another from Oaklahoma to Tenn until finally ending up here in Jackson Ms. to be reunited with there familys at this Holiday Inn. The hotel has allowed several familys to remain here at no cost. There was a local news team here this morning to hear the stories of their plight. And to give the hotel staff praise as they go above and beyond to make these people feel at home. I feel for these people ; I get to leave here in awhile to my home . They don't......................
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