    RIGHT NOW -- RED CROSS
VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING ONE
FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, ARE
HELPING PEOPLE TO GET BACK
ON THEIR FEET.
     BILL SITZ IS A SEASONED
AMERICAN RED CROSS
VOLUNTEER.
    THE SANDWICH MAN HAS
RESPONDED TO MANY
DISASTERS OVER THE
YEARS... BUT EVEN HE IS
STUNNED BY THE DEVASTATION
OF HURRICANE LAURA.

    RIGHT NOW... SITZ IS IN
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
    HE'S HANDING OUT
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND
SERVING AS A SHELTER
SUPERVISOR.
<RED CROSS ZOOM, 2:21- 2:28
JUST TRYING TO GET A GOOD
FEEL FOR WHAT'S GOING ON BUT
WITH ALL THE DAMAGE, IT'S
HARD TO GET INTO SOME OF THE
AREAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
GET INTO.>
    HE'S PART OF A MASSIVE
RELIEF EFFORT IN LOUISIANA
AND TEXAS... ABOUT 950 RED
CROSS WORKERS TRYING TO
HELP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER OR WATER.
    SITZ SAYS MANY OF THEM ARE
IN HOTEL ROOMS... BUT SOME
MAY NOT HAVE A HOME TO RETURN
TO.
<RED CROSS ZOOM, 2:54- 3:03
I HAVE MET A COUPLE PEOPLE
WHO DO KNOW THAT THEIR HOMES
ARE COMPLETELY GONE. IT'S
VERY SAD BUT THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE IS TO HELP PEOPLE
AS BEST WE CAN.>
    AND SITZ SAYS THE
PANDEMIC HAS FURTHER
COMPLICATED THEIR
RESPONSE.
<RED CROSS ZOOM, 3:29- 3:36
IF WE ARE GOING OUT, THERE'S
NEVER MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE
IN A VEHICLE. WE HAVE ONE IN
THE FRONT SEAT, ONE IN THE
BACK SEAT. IT JUST TAKES A
LOT MORE PEOPLE.>
    SITZ WILL BE ON THE GROUND
FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.
    HE SAYS THE BEST WAY TO
HELP... IS TO DONATE MONEY
TO THE RED CROSS.
<RED CROSS ZOOM, 5:45- 5:55
THE FOLKS OF LOUISIANA HAVE
DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE.
THEY'R
