David Benzion was down talking to people on the buses and he met a man with a story.

Sean Lewis serves in the Army Reserve in New Orleans. He has been activated and has orders to go to Iraq. He is supposed to report to Fort Bliss no later than Monday.

He put his girlfriend (Laurie Reluzco) and son (Emmett Lewis - 6 years old) into a motel in New Orleans and went to ride out the storm at their house. Everything was doing fine until the water started rising. Sean abandoned his house and went to stay with a neighbor.

Things got worse.

He got his belongings together and started for the Superdome. He was rescued by a man with a boat. He spent several days in the Superdome, he says it was about as bad as we’ve heard. He got "adopted" by the National Guard in the Superdome, they had him help them out.

Since he has orders, the Guardsmen got him on one of the early buses. David saw him, heard his story, and decided that Houston can show Sean a bit more hospitality than the Astrodome. He’s been eating MREs for the past few days. KSEV has bought him some fajitas and beer, and he’ll be bunking down in the Lone Star Times command center this evening. We’ve got AC and a real bed for him.

Sean has some tales to tell about the hurricane and the Superdome. He’ll be a guest on KSEV tomorrow, so I won’t spoil all his stories.

My main reason for posting this info is so that his loved ones can know that he is ok and safe. He particularly asks that anyone who can get in touch with his girlfriend and son, who he thinks are in a shelter in Baton Rouge, please let them know that he’s in Houston and safe.