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You don’t have to live like a refugee

Published 9/12/05

The photo below of one Kimi Reynolds, Katrina refugee, has been in lots of papers — the face of despair.

Hopefully not too much despair, though. Ms. Reynolds was, apparently, able to get out of danger with several pairs of brand-new sneakers I’m sure she just purchased.

If you look closely, you can see the tags still on ‘em.

The Fray

5 responses (add yours)

thorndike says:

Aren’t high resolution cameras nice?

September 14th, 2005 at 10:40 AM

Questionable Insinuation says:

So, her home is destroyed, her job (if she had one) is gone, she has no city and she’s stuck in the middle of nowhere. BUT, she took some shoes! Well, she should certainly be shot! I mean, gosh, who does she think she is? Why doesn’t she just buy those $90 Nike Trainers and throw them in the back of her SUV like everyone else? The nerve.

September 18th, 2005 at 2:05 PM

Damien says:

Look at the shoes she has on her feet? What about her kids? Their shoes are probably severely water damaged.

Keep adding to the blatant media racism. You just don’t understand, do you?

Those people having nothing to lose because THEY HAVE NOTHING.

September 18th, 2005 at 11:23 PM

Andrew says:

Racism? I would have posted the same photo and comment if she was white. How do you figure it’s racism, unless your logic is that any portrayal of a non-white in a negative manner is racism.

September 21st, 2005 at 11:12 PM

John says:

Hey Damien, how do you get water damaged shoes? The whole concept of water damaged shoes is just stupid. Have your shoes ever got wet, are they damaged to the point you can’t wear them? No.. thought so… neither have I weird. the fact of the matter is that this is a person stealing stuff in a time of disaster.

January 26th, 2008 at 2:38 AM