While I am on a rant about truth, I may have been duped by another author, Dave Eggers, who wrote, Zeitoun. This book is about a man who stayed behind during Hurricane Katrina to watch over his New Orleans house and rental properties. Using a canoe, he paddled though the streets of New Orleans helping stranded neighbors and abandoned dogs. He was arrested and incarcerated for 23 days because he was thought to be a terrorist. He was later realised. Great guy, loving wife, awesome family, again, not sure.
Recenlty, Zeitoun was arrested and jailed for beating his adoring wife and for allegedly paying someone to have her and one of his kids killed. Ok, so he was acquitted on the attempted murder thing, but he did beat her and they are now divorced. I now have to question all that I thought was true. Did he stay behind to help or was there another motive? Was he a wife beating, radical, who attempted murder or the hero of New Orleans? I guess we will have to wait for a book sequel or a movie to find out.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/07/kathy_zeitoun_interview.html
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