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September 4th, 2005, 05:02 PM
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Jerry Lewis can pinpoint the moment he knew his Labor Day telethon had to be more than another chapter in his long effort to help children with muscular dystrophy. It had to benefit hurricane victims, too.
A TV news report on lost youngsters in New Orleans, followed by footage of an elderly woman being pushed through flooded streets on a mattress, moved him to act.
"I had a box of Kleenex and I'm bawling like a child and I'm not believing it," Lewis told The Associated Press. "If I had the slightest chance of helping them a little, how do you not? ... These people are in trouble now."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/12548428.htm (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/12548428.htm)
A TV news report on lost youngsters in New Orleans, followed by footage of an elderly woman being pushed through flooded streets on a mattress, moved him to act.
"I had a box of Kleenex and I'm bawling like a child and I'm not believing it," Lewis told The Associated Press. "If I had the slightest chance of helping them a little, how do you not? ... These people are in trouble now."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/12548428.htm (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/12548428.htm)