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Two Heavy Trucks, Helicopter Were Involved in Lawmaker's Trip at Height of Crisis

by Jake Tapper
ABC News

Sept. 13, 3005 — Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, a congressman used National Guard troops to check on his property and rescue his personal belongings — even while New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops, ABC News has learned. Read full story.