Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-27 - Hurricane Andrew

Name: Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-27 - Hurricane Andrew
Uploaded: 2025-08-25
Duration: 1817 s
Channel: malgent
Description: Read a transcript preview of “Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-27 - Hurricane Andrew” from malgent, uploaded on 2025-08-25.

Channel: malgent

Uploaded: 2025-08-25

Duration: PT1817S

Read a transcript preview of “Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-27 - Hurricane Andrew” from malgent, uploaded on 2025-08-25.

Transcript preview

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] News on your side

[0:04] >> in ravaged South Florida. Desperate

[0:07] appeals for help.

[0:09] Me and my family, we've lost everything

[0:12] we had in the Nangi in the Rosemont area

[0:14] over here. We have nothing

[0:17] >> and bitter complaints over the federal

[0:20] response after Hurricane Andrew.

[0:22] >> I'm thoroughly disgusted with whoever is

[0:25] in uh should be in charge of it. Now

[0:29] they're sending in the troops.

[0:30] >> We've directed the Department of Pence

[0:33] to supply comprehensive assistance to

[0:35] the affected areas. Our goal is to have

[0:37] forces on the ground and operating by

[0:39] the morning of the 28th, tomorrow

[0:41] morning.

[0:42] >> Tonight, the federal relief effort is

[0:44] cranked up.

[0:46] [Music]

[0:52] This is ABC News Night Line.

[0:55] Substituting for Ted Cobin reporting

[0:57] from Washington. Ki Roberts.

[1:01] >> Federal troops to the rescue in Florida

[1:03] tonight. Finally, in a major turnaround

[1:06] from the tepid response so far,

[1:09] President Bush has ordered up to 5,000

[1:12] soldiers to the hurricane devastated

[1:14] state. At this hour, troops are leaving

[1:17] Fort Bragg, North Carolina to bring

[1:19] food, medicine, and order to the

[1:22] survivors of Hurricane Andrews winds and

[1:24] water. The announcement of the

[1:26] mobilization came from the Pentagon

[1:28] tonight after a day of bureaucratic

[1:31] fingerpointing. Local government

[1:33] agencies blamed state and federal

[1:35] governments for the failure to act, and

[1:37] different federal agencies blamed each

[1:39] other. Flidians angrily accused everyone

[1:42] in government of ignoring their plight,

[1:44] of being ready to help strangers in far

[1:47] off lands, but not lending a hand here

[1:49] at home, of abandoning