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Monday, October 24, 2005Toilets overflowed and food was scarce at refuges in Cancun, where some 20,000 vacationers spent their fifth day sleeping on floors or in stuffy rooms without electricity or running water. ....Heavily armed federal police stood guard at supermarkets to prevent looting that broke out at the weekend, adding to the chaos. Authorities declared a night-time curfew. ....A fist fight broke out overnight at the El Forito theater, which was holding some 300 mostly American and British package tourists evacuated from their lodgings, witnesses said. .....Tourists slept in two-hour shifts on the theater's wooden stage because there was not enough room in the building. It stank of overflowed toilets. One American tourist shouted for aid from the U.S. government. "We need help in here and they're not helping us," she screamed. "They should be flying in planes or helicopters or something. Give us water! Give us food!" She wants us to invade Mexico? One of my patients missed her appointment today because she's stuck in Cancun. I hope she's OK. posted by Sydney on 10/24/2005 08:21:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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