NEWS 409 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: John Mccusker, Fairy, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform
31 Mar 2019
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When hurricane katrina swirled onto the louisiana shore and residents of new orleans clogged highways to flee, john mccusker stayed behind. John mcckusker is a photographer for the times-picayune. He paddled in a kayak day after fay to document the destruction. He lost his home and all of his possessions. His family relocated to birmingham alabama five hours away. On aug. 8, 2006 after nearly a year of documenting the trauma surrounding him . Mccusker was seen driving erratically through the city. When police stopped him, he begged officers to end his life. Mccusker backed up, pinning a cop between vehicles before speeding off, crashing into cars and signs along the way. Police subdued him with a stun gun and arrested him. Mccusker says he only remembers waking up in four point restraints. He has no idea how he got there. Journalists are also susceptible to the trauma as the victims whose stories we tell.
