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Ray Nagin: “Don't tell me 40,000 people have come in here. They're not here. It's too doggone late. Now get off your asses and let's…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 2005
Don't tell me 40,000 people have come in here. They're not here. It's too doggone late. Now get off your asses and let's do something, and let's fix the biggest goddamn crisis in the history of this country.
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Ray Nagin

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Mayor Nagin expresses frustration over the federal response to the disaster.

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