Elderly, Low-Income Louisiana Residents Left to Fend for Themselves After Hurricane Laura, Rescue Group Says
At a Glance Residents of a low-income housing complex in Lake Charles were stranded after Hurricane Laura.Many are disabled and needed medicine and other care.Volunteer rescuers say they made more than 80 calls to government agencies, but none helped.The city housing authority, which oversees the complex, said it wasn't their job to take care of the residents. Janice Chagois, a 64-year-old who has congestive heart failure and uses a walker, slept in the open outside her low-income apartment complex in...