When those men burst into the house, I thought that Zeitoun, Robbie, Nasser, and Todd were going to be arrested. When I read the description of the book, it said that Zeitoun was arrested. That hadn't happened yet, so that was immediately what I assumed.
Kathy however, jumped to conclusions and was sure something terrible had happened. He had promised to call every day at noon and he had kept his promise up until then. So when Zeitoun didn't call, Kathy was very worried. And It didn't help that Zeitoun's family kept calling her to ask if she'd heard from him. After a week had passed without Zeitoun calling, Kathy finally told the kids that Zeitoun had called and he was fine. At first they were skeptical, but eventually they believed her. She didn't want to lie to them, but she wanted them back in school. I don't think she should have lied to them, but she didn't want them to arrive on their first day of school thinking that their father was dead and/or missing.
After another week had passed, they still hadn't heard from Zeitoun. Kathy started to do some research to see if she could find any evidence that her husband had been found. She read that there were foreign mercenaries in New Orleans to help restore order. She became engrossed in the number of guns and soldiers there were in the city. When she found that there were Israeli commandos in the city, she jumped to conclusions. She believed that one of the mercenaries had shot Zeitoun and were trying to act like it never happened. I think that she shouldn't jump to conclusions so quickly. She tried to believe that Zeitoun was alive because there were also a lot of American troops in New Orleans.
She went even further to find that there were 5,750 Army soldiers, about a thousand state police officers, SWAT teams armed for urban combat, four hundred Customs and Border patrol agents and officers, four Maritime Security and Safety Teams, Coast Guard tactical units, five hundred FBI special agents, a U.S. marshals special-ops team, ans snipers. The fact that there were so many guns and officials and mercenaries, makes it sound like New Orleans had become the center of a war zone. I didn't realize that the amount of crime was so high, that it required hundreds of mercenaries and law enforcement officials.
A few days later, another hurricane was approaching New Orleans. Hurricane Rita was expected to hit on September 21. Rita caused Mayor Nagin to prolong the reopening of the city. This part surprised me because I didn't know that another hurricane hit after Katrina. I thought it as just Katrina causing damage.
The day Kathy learned this, she also learned something else very important. A missionary called to tell Kathy that he had seen Zeitoun. He was at a jail called Hunt in St. Gabriel. Kathy wanted to know more, but that was all the man knew. He said that if he talked longer he could get into trouble. I wanted to know why Zeitoun was in jail. Did the reason have anything to do with the men that broke into the house? And why wasn't the missionary supposed to be calling?
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