Louis Cataldie
Louis Cataldie
Dr. Louis Cataldie was the Medical Incident Commander for the state of Louisiana, United States...
dental good great records
Dental records are a great solution. A good dental record is akin ... to a good fingerprint.
dental momma photo
You may not have a dental record, but you may have a photo of your momma smiling, and that's helpful,
visual water
Being in the water that long makes visual identification essentially an impossibility,
horrible inflated people
I don't want people being alarmed, ... I don't want inflated numbers. My God, it's horrible enough.
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.
body child choice collection dead families focus loved saving searching slow sorry
The collection (of bodies) has been slow because the whole focus has been on saving the living, ... I'm sorry that families have had their loved ones out there. But if there is a choice between searching for a dead body and a 6-year-old child with hypothermia, there is no choice.
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.
folks goes heart
My heart goes out to the folks here locally,
dignity handle individual lose people track
It's about the individual. It's about the one. And I don't want people to lose track of that. We handle every person as the individual and with the dignity they deserve.
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.
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.
bodies both buildings kept reports several swept
We swept both buildings several times, because we kept getting reports of more bodies there, ... But it just wasn't the case.