Anyone have link to the interview.....

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with the man that lost his wife? It was one of the first interviews after katrina.

I have heard many things about this interview, but never seen it. Something about a man couldnt hold onto his wife..and she told him to watch the kids/grandkids?

I also heard that the reporter broke down too..is there a video of this?

[wxmann_91]

Was it the one with Hardy Jackson?

[GalvestonDuck]

Edit -- that doesn't work...still looking.

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Was it the one with Hardy Jackson?

was that her name? It was a female reporter..and it looked like it wasnt a planned interview...like they just saw this guy wandering around..and they started to talk to him.

[dawnna68]

http://switchboard.real.com/player/emai ... treet.rmvb

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Edit -- that doesn't work...still looking.

Thank you GD, I just tried and it didnt work :\

[GalvestonDuck]

Thanks, Dawnna...that's the one.

[GalvestonDuck]

Some follow-up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Jackson (as noted towards the end, his name is Hardy, but was misunderstood by many because of his Southern accent and the distress in his voice):

Hardy Jackson1 (first reported as "Harvey Jackson" is a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi who reportedly lost his wife of 29 years, Tonette Jackson, during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

His story was widely reported both nationally and internationally after television news stations began broadcasting the short interview with him by Jennifer Mayerle, a local TV reporter for WKRG. Hardy's story elicited an outpouring of emotion and his story was widely recorded in blogs, newspaper articles and TV reports all over the world.

Before the interview with Hardy, Mayerle was coming to the end of her news report from Biloxi, Mississippi. She had been describing the destruction in the town caused by Hurricane Katrina when she encountered Hardy and his family. Hardy described how his whole house split in two during the hurricane. He was holding onto his wife in the raging floodwaters before she said "You can't hold me, take care of the kids," and slipped away.

The first update was on Thurdsay 1st September 2005. In the new report there is news that the body of his wife, Tonette Jackson, has been found and is in Gulfport, Mississippi. Hardy was going to walk but WKRG offered to take him there. Another update was broadcast the following morning. WKRG were going to take Hardy to see the body of his wife at the makeshift morgue in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was then told that it probably wasn't there but more likely to be elsewhere in Biloxi. He found a photograph of her in the remains of what is left of their house. He was shown walking around the ruins repeatedly saying, "I tried, why'd you let go?"

Mayerle showed him some of messages that had been received from people wanting to know about him, his wife and family and how he was coping. "There's still good people in the world. Thank you", he said. Hardy is slowly coming to terms with the loss of his wife. His sister living nearby and a neighbour who helped him on the night the hurricane struck are both still alive. He plans to do as his wife asked when they were last together by looking after the kids.

On September 2, 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas reported that Hardy was on his way to Atlanta because someone has offered him and his family a room to stay.

Notes
Note 1: Hardy's first name has incorrectly been given as being Harvey in many reports. This is probably due to a mishearing of his name because of his southern accent when asked who he was (he had a distressed tone to his voice too). Perhaps also because Hardy is not a common first name.

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damn.

thats..damn. *sigh*

[Lori]

I saw an interview with Hardy Jackson the other night.
He was standing with a couple with thier arms around his back and shoulders. God Bless Them for caring for him and his children.
He was doing so much better.

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Thank god.

Ugh.

[southerngale]

I've seen that interview so many times. So sad.

[azskyman]

Yes...I saw the Hardy Jackson interview when it first came on. It was genuine emotion...a genuine display of Katrina's power. The reporter was overwhelmed by it as well. He has since picked up his life with family and a followup interview was conducted. He still has so much pain in his heart, and yet you get the feeling he will recover for his children and grandchildren, but clearly will never forget watching Katrina taking his wife from his hand.