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like a monstrous earthquake-and-tornado hitting at the same time! Before either one of us could react, the metal front door of our apartment began to peel steadily downward towards the floor, like a piece of wet, limp paper. Then the voracious jaws of Andrew attacked for the final kill. A mega-giant, two-storey-tall, solid concrete transformer pole with electrical cables attached, torpe- doed right through our living room wall and roof, exploding the entire building on impact! And that was just the beginning... like a monstrous earthquake-and-tornado hitting at the same time! Florida Keys. The inside temperature was kept cool by portable Before either one of us could react, the metal front door of our generators until the bodies were either incinerated or just plain apartment began to peel steadily downward towards the floor, like dumped into huge open grave pits. a piece of wet, limp paper. Then the voracious jaws of Andrew Those working on the body pick-up operation were forced to attacked for the final kill. A mega-giant, two-storey-tall, solid take what is known as the Oath of Sworn Secrecy, which is strict- concrete transformer pole with electrical cables attached, torpe- ly enforced by the government. Many of them plunged into doed right through our living room wall and roof, exploding the shock, once exposed to the ghastly devastation and countless entire building on impact! And that was just the beginning... mutilated bodies. The horrors were way beyond human comprehension. I can ATROCITIES IN THE AFTERMATH vouch for this, as I accidentally stepped on the severed hand of a There isn't a person on the face of this Earth who will ever con- young child when I initially crawled out of the debris, only to wit- vince me that hurricane Andrew was a "hurricane" by any sense ness shortly thereafter two dead teenagers and the decapitated of the definition. Just ask any survivor of Andrew what the six- body of a baby girl. and-a-half-hour siege was like and the answer will always be the Fighting mental shock became such a big problem for the body same. "We didn't have any prior warning. We heard hurricane _ pick-up teams that a special group of psychiatrists had to be Andrew suddenly bearing down on us like a speeding locomo- brought in to help them cope with it. I believe this in itself is the tive." This is the same description given by reason why many who worked on the body survivors of monstrous F-5 tornadoes (pack- collection didn't comprehend the tragic con- ing winds of 350+ mph)—the only difference sequences this would inevitably lead to in being that tornadoes strike for just seconds, Those working on the the future. whereas hurricane Andrew struck and stayed The survivors of hurricane Andrew and for hours on end. body pick-up operation the rest of the American people were oct mri of hose who survived were | were forced t0 take What ftayedby inst ovn govemmen. But he eight teeth knocked out. Huge ghards of is known as the Oath of At the time Andrew struck, South Dade was Impossible to remove without the aid ora | SWORN Secrecy, Which is | errr erants. The United States scalpel. My head injuries were so severe that strictly enforced by the Department of Immigration was fully aware they permanently affected my eyesight. of their presence but quietly turned its bac hey p ly affected my eyesight government. f their pi but quietly d its back But I was only one amongst thousands of on the situation, knowing full well that severely injured victims who struggled South Dade farmers couldn't afford to to survive the aftermath. For ten long days we were roped off from the outside world by United States military forces, leaving us stranded with no food, no water, no medical supplies, no shelter. Suffering from severe shell-shock, we waited and waited for rescue teams to arrive, but that just never happened. None of the injured in the roped-off areas was ever rescued from the devas- tation. It was the worst gut-wrenching etrayal I have ever experienced. I saw grown men lying on the ground in the Roy Howard. He proceeded to foetal position, moaning and groaning address the audience with this exact pathetically as they tried to hug and rock themselves. My son was statement, which is now a matter of public record: amongst them. harvest their crops without the help of the Mexican illegals. The heavily populated migrant camps were situat- ed at the edge of the Florida Everglades. The people who lived there vanished without a trace during that fated night. Many bodies were found way out in the Everglades. When I lectured at the Clearwater Convention in Florida in 1999, a man in the audience stood up and intro- duced himself as Chief Petty Officer Many of them plunged into shock, once exposed to the ghastly devastation and countless mutilated bodies. Don't get me wrong. United States military forces were indeed Just for your information, I was called up to active duty after resent in the roped-off areas within hours of Andrew ending. hurricane Andrew went through South Dade County. I spent But they were not there to help survivors. The National Guard nine weeks down there. Now I will certify for the benefit of along with the Coast Guard, the Army, FEMA (the Federal our audience here that the death figures that were officially Emergency Management Agency), Metro Dade Police, state published are totally inaccurate. According to the informa - olice and local police removed dead bodies and body parts as tion which I received from my own sources within the quickly as possible during those first ten days of the aftermath. National Guard, the figure I was quoted when I was down Horrified survivors watched as both uniformed and civilian- there was 5,280-something. And they were quietly disposed clothed men searched the rubble and filled body bags, which they of in incinerators that were hurriedly put together by both the then stacked in military vehicles or huge refrigerator trucks nor- National Guard and FEMA... mally used to transport food, only to drive off and leave the stranded injured to fend for themselves. As the Chief Petty Officer stated, "5,280-something" bodies Not until I managed to escape the aftermath did I discover that were confiscated by the United States National Guard. In addi- the "thermo-king" sections of these same refrigerator trucks, jam- tion to this, the Coast Guard independently confiscated "1,500 packed with wall-to-wall body bags, ended up being stored at bodies" from the lakes and surrounding waters. Neither one of Card Sound Navy Base, located in an isolated area just above the these figures embraces the number of dead bodies confiscated by Many of them plunged into shock, once exposed to the ghastly devastation and countless mutilated bodies. Just for your information, I was called up to active duty after hurricane Andrew went through South Dade County. I spent nine weeks down there. Now I will certify for the benefit of our audience here that the death figures that were officially published are totally inaccurate. According to the informa - tion which I received from my own sources within the National Guard, the figure I was quoted when I was down there was 5,280-something. And they were quietly disposed of in incinerators that were hurriedly put together by both the National Guard and FEMA... As the Chief Petty Officer stated, "5,280-something" bodies were confiscated by the United States National Guard. In addi- tion to this, the Coast Guard independently confiscated "1,500 bodies" from the lakes and surrounding waters. Neither one of these figures embraces the number of dead bodies confiscated by 34 = NEXUS APRIL — MAY 2001 Those working on the is known as the Oath of www.nexusmagazine.com