Louis Cataldie
Louis Cataldie
Dr. Louis Cataldie was the Medical Incident Commander for the state of Louisiana, United States...
extremely horrible process sorry speed speeding wish
These are horrible times, and it's extremely frustrating. I wish I could speed up the process, but speeding up the process could contaminate the process. I'm sorry about that.
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.
horribly increase looking means
I don't know when you will get that data, ... I'm looking at means to increase the rate. ... It's going horribly slowly.
dna given matching people
I'm told 400 to 500 people have come in and given DNA samples, but we've had no way of matching them,
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.
assuming far
I'm assuming we'll find some up in the backwoods, pretty far from where they belong,
dying somebody worse
Each person is a worst-case scenario, ... There is nothing worse than somebody dying like this.
hoping
I am hoping we won't have that (many unidentified bodies), but I think we will,
arduous
This is going to be a long, arduous process. It's not going away.
visual
I don't think visual identification will be a possibility,
visual
I don't think a visual identification will be possible. It's not about the numbers. It's about the body.
deaths examined lots
These deaths will have to be examined on a case-by-case basis. There are lots of variables.
condition determination initial time
By the time we got these folks, the condition in which they were in made initial determination very difficult. I can just tell you there is no way to shorten the process.
dna last weapon
DNA is our weapon of last resort, ... And I'm at that point.