John Atkinson

We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember read more

We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about.

We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many read more

We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was read more

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being read more

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.

Obviously, it's a lot of bodies in a classroom, but we don't have any choice, ... We just have to read more

Obviously, it's a lot of bodies in a classroom, but we don't have any choice, ... We just have to kind of make do.