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Abdulrahman Zeitoun owned a painting company and multiple rental properties in New Orleans at the time of the Katrina hurricane strike. When predictions get bad and the city is told to evacuate, his wife Kathy wants to leave. He refuses wanting to watch over his properties and the jobs in progress. Finally Kathy leaves taking their 4 kids, first to Baton Rouge relatives and then to friends in Phoenix. They are in daily contact as the city clears, the storm hits and the levees fail. Zeitoun uses a canoe to keep track of his properties and in several rescues, checking in each day at noon from a phone still operating in one of his homes. Then on September 6th the calls stop and days then weeks pass with no contact and no news. Then Kathy receives a call saying her husband was arrested. The following is a tale that shouldn't have happened in the United States, not just to Zeitoun but to many others. It's outrageous what happened to many people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time or who merely opted to stay and then tried to survive. Crime was a problem, but rumor escalated the situation and law enforcement was mismanaged and uncoordinated leading to intolerable situations. A very thought provoking read.