KING: On the phone is Robert Thornton a victim in the New Orleans hurricane. His apartment complex is gone. Robert. Did you manage the Devonwood Apartments?
ROBERT THORNTON, APARTMENT MANAGER: Yes, sir, Mr. Larry, yes I have. Me and a few other tenants are grateful to be here, especially me, to be able to talk about this matter, and I feel good about the whole matter that no one got hurt or nothing like that. It is just within my duties to, you know, to oversee the complex and just to help out with anything that goes wrong with the property in general, sir.
KING: Why didn't you leave?
THORNTON: Well, it was just my natural instinct to help others. Once I see where I can help an individual, sir, that's what I will do. I will stay behind and just make sure that the other individual is fine. This is what my mom taught me.
KING: Where were you when the complex went down?
THORNTON: Actually, sir, I was in my apartment when it actually happened and then I moved to another location, and then I just made sure that everything was all right with the tenants, you know, after the storm pretty much blew over, I just consoled them and stuff like that and just made sure everything was all right.
KING: Where are you now?
THORNTON: Right now I am actually in New Orleans, sir. I'm just out and about because we still don't have no power and no food. We're going door to door and stuff, making sure, you know, like trying to find people with canned goods and stuff like that. Just really coming together as a family and to, you know, just do what's right.
KING: Is it raining now?
THORNTON: No, sir, no, sir.
KING: How are you eating?
THORNTON: Just canned foods, you know, whatever, whatever, whatever that we have to eat and we just eat it.
KING: What are you going to do with your life now?
THORNTON: Actually, I will just stick with the property that I'm with, the O'Briens (ph) and just continue on doing what I do best and just continue on. This just makes me a lot stronger individual. I love what I do. I do what I love. And I can see myself with many, many more years of actually helping people.
KING: Thank you, Robert. I guess, governor, that's typical of a lot of people in your state, they hang tough.
