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[Ronin]

Strength (http://www.sunherald.com/pageone/story/1216601.html#none)

Jones' body was found near the residence of my Aunt and Uncle who were also missing at the time right after the storm. They actually moved their car with their belongings into the parking lot of this hospital, which was subsequently flooded out.

I wanted to share this story because it is personal and it helps us here continue to cope with the memories of those days by finding some level of closure.

[Puck]

I'm glad that he was identified. So much human loss, and to not know is always difficult.

[Cliché Guevara]

Gosh, you'd wonder why no one reported him missing. That is so sad.

[DMB]

Nearly twenty years after the 1987 fire in the tube station at King's Cross (http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conInformationRecord.110)in London, one victim remained unidentified. Finally, in 2003 it was thought that they might have worked out who it was (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3065605.stm).

[Ronin]

Gosh, you'd wonder why no one reported him missing. That is so sad.

I can only speculate from my anecdotal experiences, luna.

The community in which he lived is very low income with little education and really wouldn't have it in their routine to think to contact the authorities much less have a real initiative to do so. Add to that the understandable social factor that relations are strained between law enforcement and certain areas in the community and open communication fails.

Further, some men from the community are transient with many addictions, so their life patterns aren't routine or regular enough for anyone to really concern themselves about where they are or what they are doing for periods of time.

It took his mother about a year to make the call, keeping in mind that the entire infrastructure of Gulfport was destroyed and we were doing our best just assessing damage for several weeks.

There were many personal efforts off-duty to bring food and water to those who could barely find shelter much less get a good count of friends and family. My conversations with those I found in the darkness were more concerned with their own survival for quite some time and it was difficult to get a roster of the missing connected with the remains of the men, women and children we were finding.

I had the personal resources thanks to you :hug: and others to get word out and get help in, but (sad to say) not all the folk in my community could do so.

This is what makes this closure mean so much to our community and for those who worked diligently before, during and after the storm to protect and serve Gulfport.

It is also why I am proud to call Gary Hargrove my good friend.

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