There's a Green Arrow in the Lounge Pointing Up?

At the Newseum, I was intrigued to see the pattern of the headlines concerning Hurricane Katrina. At the time of the hurricane in 2005 I didn’t follow current events that closely. Of course, I knew of Katrina and the problems, but I hadn’t actually looked at the papers. Therefore, the pattern of the headlines was especially intriguing. On the first day (before the hurricane) smiling faces were on the headlines about people wondering if they should pack up and go inland—a flippant attitude towards hurricanes; for the next three days into the hurricane, headlines screamed “CHAOS”. It was the fourth day that interested me, because the headlines finally made references towards fixing the housing issue, rescuing stranded families, and the government funding emergency aid. It was shocking to me, to see that the government took so long to respond to the problem.
Our other mandated exhibit, September 11, was also interesting but for a different reason. The video on the camera crews showed the footage that I never got to see as an 11-year-old. Film containing the emotion of the reporter; film showing the collapse of the trade towers; film screaming with the sound of the second plane as it swoops overhead and into the building. This wasn’t pictures, this was real. There was a reason the footage we saw in the Newseum wasn’t on national television.