mysteriew
09-18-2005, 06:36 PM
Iron bars and cinderblocks separate Edward Flynn from the rest of the world.
But as a Mobile, Ala., native, Flynn relates to the hardships of Hurricane Katrina victims who've lost homes and loved ones in the Gulf Coast wreckage.
Shocked and hurt by the images unfolding on the old television he shares with 120 other inmates in his dorm at Montgomery's Kilby prison, Flynn decided they could do more than watch.
Together, the prisoners raised $1,112.37 for the American Red Cross from their own cash-strapped prison accounts.
"We're neighbors in here and we were able to help our other neighbors," Flynn said.
Flynn said it's a strange thing to say, "but it made me feel proud of the neighborhood I live in -- even though my neighborhood is in prison right now."
http://www.foxreno.com/news/4988691/detail.html
But as a Mobile, Ala., native, Flynn relates to the hardships of Hurricane Katrina victims who've lost homes and loved ones in the Gulf Coast wreckage.
Shocked and hurt by the images unfolding on the old television he shares with 120 other inmates in his dorm at Montgomery's Kilby prison, Flynn decided they could do more than watch.
Together, the prisoners raised $1,112.37 for the American Red Cross from their own cash-strapped prison accounts.
"We're neighbors in here and we were able to help our other neighbors," Flynn said.
Flynn said it's a strange thing to say, "but it made me feel proud of the neighborhood I live in -- even though my neighborhood is in prison right now."
http://www.foxreno.com/news/4988691/detail.html