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saltyone · Aug 21, 2006

Construction Equipment Stolen From Hurricane Katrina Memorial in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — Thieves hauled off $100,000 worth of heavy equipment that was being used to help build a Lower Ninth Ward memorial to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

A Bobcat excavator and a Bobcat T300 Skid Steer Loader, both of which require trailers or flatbed trucks to transport, were removed from the site sometime between midnight and 6:30 a.m. Saturday, construction company officials said.

In the neighborhood that remains nearly pitch black at night (and during the day) almost a year after the levees failed, the equipment didn't last three days at the site.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,209611,00.html

Go figure...

Bengal Buddy · Aug 21, 2006

saltyone said: ↑

Construction Equipment Stolen From Hurricane Katrina Memorial in New Orleans

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,209611,00.html

Go figure...
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I didn't realize the NOPD worked those early hours.

Ellis Hugh · Aug 24, 2006

I can't blame this one on the 9th ward residents. First, this equipment equired a flatbed trailer to move. That implies organized thieves with access to equipment. A local thief couldn't just hotwire it and drive it away. Second, no one really lives in the 9th ward anymore.