Louis Cataldie
Louis Cataldie
Dr. Louis Cataldie was the Medical Incident Commander for the state of Louisiana, United States...
assuming far
I'm assuming we'll find some up in the backwoods, pretty far from where they belong,
people
I don't know how many people have died,
dead pulling
We were working for the living, and now we are working for the dead and the living. It's pretty tough, pulling out dead bodies.
determine lost people
There are lost people out there that will never be accounted for, ... But we can determine if they're here or not.
bodies
Unfortunately, we may not know if she's here, ... Some bodies that we get may never be identified.
chance condition finding visual
Unfortunately, the condition in which we're finding our individuals essentially eliminates any chance of a visual identification,
marks personal tattoos
We'll look for things like identifying marks such as tattoos and personal effects. We'll get DNA. We'll do X-rays if they have prostheses and we'll do fingerprints if we can.
allowed coming discourage family members
We discourage family members from coming here, ... They will not be allowed on the premises. This is not the place to come.
months six surprised
I wouldn't be surprised if I'm here six months from now.
brown everybody eyes filth hands lady limp looks somebody understand
I think it's important for everybody to understand that it's about the individual, ... It's about the little lady with the big brown eyes who is in the Superdome in all that filth who looks at you and you can't do anything for. And somebody hands you a limp kid. And when you come back to her, she's dead.
horrible inflated people
I don't want people being alarmed, ... I don't want inflated numbers. My God, it's horrible enough.
reflection ultimately
I don't think it's any reflection on that hospital. They did all the right things. They ultimately got their own helicopters to come in.
absolutely entire process pure situations somebody sorry speed speeding stand sure wish
I wish I could speed up the process, ... But speeding up the process could contaminate the process, and I just can't do that. And I'm sorry we have to do that in some situations to make sure the entire process is as pure as it can be. I have to be able to stand up before somebody and say I am absolutely sure.
close families light people seeing tunnel until
I won't see light at the end of the tunnel until I see the families for these people found, ... And we're not even close to seeing that.