From WBEZ in Chicago | This American Life
The last story from last week's This American Life was awesome:
Act Five. Water Bed. Louann Mims, a 78-year-old retiree, planned to leave her New Orleans house before the floodwaters rose, but then the water came rushing in and she was trapped in her house for eight days on the only thing that would float: her extra firm Sterns and Foster mattress. Ms. Mims talks with Alex Kotlowitz, the author of The Other Side of the River, Never a City So Real, There Are No Children Here, and other books.
Songs: "Float On," Modest Mouse and "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" Louis Armstrong and his Dixieland Seven
posted by G @ 9/25/2005
1 Comments:
This piece was awesome! Louann Mims has a beautiful and inspiring spirit. She made the best of the situation, keeping her positive, up-beat attitude throughout. What an inspiration! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! How did you come upon this great story?
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