EXCLUSIVE...Zeitoun: How a Hero After Katrina Was Labeled a Terrorist and Imprisoned 1 of 5

EXCLUSIVE...Zeitoun: How a Hero After Katrina Was Labeled a Terrorist and Imprisoned
Today, a personal story of a national tragedy. Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-born New Orleans building contractor, stayed in the city while his wife and children left to Baton Rouge. He paddled the flooded streets in his canoe and helped rescue many of his stranded neighbors. Days later, armed police and National Guardsmen arrested him and accused him of being a terrorist. He was held for nearly a month, most of which he was not allowed to call his wife, Kathy. Today, in a rare broadcast interview, Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun join us to tell their story, along with the man who chronicles it in the book Zeitoun, Dave Eggers.

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[liz81251]

EVERYONE should read this book. I thought I was knowledgeable. I was not prepared for the anger and sadness I felt when reading "Zeitoun." The real terrorists in this story are FEMA and Homeland Security.

[zck7]

I wonder why Democracy Now didn't upload this.

[theitaliankid05]

Thank you for posting this

[nasifcheleti]

Really the book exposed a lot of things that we didnt know. Zeitoun did the right thing what a muslim should do!!!

[SubscriberTheMan]

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