John Atkinson

We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember read more

We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about.

We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many read more

We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.

Obviously, it's a lot of bodies in a classroom, but we don't have any choice, ... We just have to read more

Obviously, it's a lot of bodies in a classroom, but we don't have any choice, ... We just have to kind of make do.

I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I read more

I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I guess. We've had a number of people tested who came in with symptoms, but none of those were positive for flu.

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was read more

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.