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Katrina Evacuees Say Rita Arrivals Getting Better Treatment

POSTED: Friday, September 23, 2005
UPDATED: 10:57 am CDT September 23, 2005

As Hurricane Rita evacuees arrive in San Antonio shelters, some Hurricane Katrina victims say they're feeling displaced again -- this time, by Red Cross officials.

Several families said they were ready to move out of the Windsor Park Mall shelter and into permanent housing, but promised assistance in moving what belongings they have never materialized.

"All I'm asking is to help move this stuff. They took it to the curb and they said, 'Don't come onto this property no more,'" said Shaun Martin, a Katrina evacuee. "They said, 'no more Katrina evacuees are welcomed in there.'"

Martin said he finally paid to take a cab to his new home.

He said he's grateful for the help he's received -- until now.

"If you're from Katrina, they don't want nothing to do with you anymore. But if you're from Galveston, you get the red carpet treatment," he said.

Rebecca Stabler, of Biloxi, Miss., agreed with Martin.

"The Red Cross basically told me since I'm not in a shelter, there's nothing they can do for me. I'm basically on my own. We lost everything," Stabler said.

The Windsor Park Mall is now a shelter for more than 2,000 people who have fled Rita's path.

Katrina victims who were housed there have either found permanent housing or have been moved to KellyUSA.

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