I was watching the
WWLTV live feed on the web around 3 EST and they got the strangest call. It was surreal. It was from BeBe Mc<something> who was assistant manger in the ICU at Charity. She went down a list of how well things were at the hospital. The news anchors would ask about the Nurses needing IV's, BeBe said she never heard of it. The anchors said a manager at the hospital said the evacuation was stopped for a while yesterday. Bebe said she hadn't heard of that either. They asked if any patients had died. Bebe made a joke: none that wouldn't have died anyways. She added she's 52 and has no problems running up and down the steps to the 9th floor ICU. By this point, the anchors were shaking their heads in disbelief. This was live TV and they were trying hard to keep their cool. They asked her about food and water. Bebe said they were on half rations with a couple of days left. They asked about the flooded first floor. Bebe said, no, the first floor wasn't flooded. This went on for what seemed like 10 minutes. The anchors would ask a question and BeBe would say. No, I hadn't heard that.
The lady anchor ended by telling Bebe they would call her back at the hospital to confirm Bebe's story. I can't find any note of this on WWLTV website about this. They don't have contact information on the website so I can't followup with the station. Its not on their blog either. It was surreal. Did any one else see this?
Update [2005-9-3 0:25:14 by SteveRose]: I found their comments page and asked them about the interview, We'll see if the respond.
(By the way, they never did)