CoolCatBad Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/st...%5E1702,00.html EFFORTS by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly overnight, when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak. Penn had planned to rescue children waylaid by Katrina's flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch. The actor, known for his political activism, was seen wearing what appeared to be a white flak jacket and frantically bailing water out of the sinking vessel with a red plastic cup. When the boat's motor failed to start, those aboard were forced to use paddles to propel themselves down the flooded New Orleans street. Asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor replied: "Whatever I can do to help." With the boat loaded with members of Penn's entourage, including a personal photographer, one bystander taunted the actor: "How are you going to get any people in that thing?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samg Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 this takes the ****. New orleans "spared" are you joking? they need all the help they can get. I suppose next, if the people who turn up arnt a mixed in race they will turn them away. Grow up people, its help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolCatBad Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 I think it was mainly to be a Photo-Op for Penn. Hardly in the same league as John Travolta's efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted September 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 6, 2005 Oh yeah it was a photo-op, why else would he bring a personal photographer along in a boat mean to pull people out? Looks like he wanted to be liek Geraldo and have pictures of himself loading people onto choppers and the like. I so dislike Sean Penn because he's a pretentious fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Haha, this guy is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 That is sad. That was just a photo-op for him. Of course, now, it just makes look like a tard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedaxax Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Atleast he's tryin to do something, I don't see many big wigs down there helping. I see them sitting or standing on TV asking for help and call a number. Blah.. *can't wait for this to be over, then CNN will have sumthin else to yap about for weeks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwjw1 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 looks at it this way...where the hell is Kanye West,Jesse Jackson,Nagin,Sharpton...oh Nagin is busy with that Clean White Towel around his neck...surrounded by his "crack croonies" watching CNN taking 'assessement damage' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted September 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 6, 2005 No they don't need "all the help they can get", they need real help. They don't need me to take a 6 man boat or something load it up with 4 of my friends and run one person out at a time because I want to look like a hero. Now if Sean Penn went alone or with one other person as company/security, and had the forsight to bring a working functional boat, than I would have applauded him. So in the end Sean Penn went in with a non-functional boat, already full with his personal enterauge, and was going to do what really? Is that help? And what if his boat really sunk and we had to rescue him? They need proffesionals, with real working equipment and people with the commitment to stay out there for the duration, not some hollywood nut always trying to be the activist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 No they don't need "all the help they can get", they need real help.They don't need me to take a 6 man boat or something load it up with 4 of my friends and run one person out at a time because I want to look like a hero. Now if Sean Penn went alone or with one other person as company/security, and had the forsight to bring a working functional boat, than I would have applauded him. So in the end Sean Penn went in with a non-functional boat, already full with his personal enterauge, and was going to do what really? Is that help? And what if his boat really sunk and we had to rescue him? They need proffesionals, with real working equipment and people with the commitment to stay out there for the duration, not some hollywood nut always trying to be the activist. 586485674[/snapback] Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedaxax Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Disaster Tourists can make things worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheazel Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor replied: "Whatever I can do to help." 586484852[/snapback] Start by drowning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 His boat is sinking and ruined his photo op. - so there is justice in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamNeeds Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Would everyone stop going on about photo-ops.....he's there to help out. Stop taking this p*** out of him. I dont see what you find wrong about someone helping out after a major disaster :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted September 7, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 7, 2005 Would everyone stop going on about photo-ops.....he's there to help out. Stop taking this p*** out of him. I dont see what you find wrong about someone helping out after a major disaster :crazy: 586487369[/snapback] But he wasn't helping, nor was his plan a plan that would have helped anyone. How is filling a sinking boat to full capacity of your own people and sailing to NO helping? There's no room for survivors, and even if there were the boat was sinking, what kind of help is that? It was a photo op, the personal photographer is proof of that, I mean if you're out to rescue people you don't start by loading your rescue vehicle with non essentials like cameras. He did it purely foor selfish reasons and he did it poorly to boot, he will get all the **** I can give him for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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