I want to say we were there a good 5 or 6 hours, ... The water just stayed there. Normally, like with (Hurricane) Camille, it came in quick and went out quick. This just kept rising and then it stayed there.

328

Brett would throw the ball so hard, Irvin would come out and fuss at him. Deanna wouldn't let on. She was going to catch 'em.

227

The boys and (David) did an excellent job.

207

They'd get Deanna up there and tell her, 'Either you jump or we're throwing you,' ... She didn't have any choice. I don't know how those kids never got hurt.

192

We were stuffing towels and rugs against the doors. We figured there'd be 3 or 4 inches of water, but it just kept on rising.

182

The doctor said he was ready for a hamburger.

139

There were kids who wouldn't bat against him. They'd start crying because he threw so hard and, I mean, he may hit you.

138

There was never, ever a dull moment around here, ... For a while there at the emergency room, they'd go, 'I know. It's a Favre again.' .

128

The mother said, 'They call your son a hero, and my son is a hero,' ... I said, 'I know, but I just can't see it that way.' She said, 'I looked it up in the dictionary and a hero is an ordinary person doing an extraordinary job.' So I guess that's true.

86