However if you want to talk about stories one of my favorites was when the Laney was brought out. As they were going through Lafitte, there was a tail boat following the Laney out as she was being dragged through the bayous and towards Grand Isle.
So the guy following the Laney out is stopping at all these piers and finding the people who had their vessels or property damaged to give them mr. Gary’s phone number. As these people would call they would have a conversation with him and make a deal on how large of a check to write. He would then tell one of the other guys in the bridge to go ahead and write out a check to this person for this much. However as this had been going on and he’s writing checks for all these people there was one individual who actually cranked up his vessel and moved it away from the pier and pulled it aside and out of the way. As mr. Gary is looking out the window of the Laney watching how this guy had actually cranked up and moved out of the way he commented to his tail boat said go find that man tell him to call me that’s the kind of man I don’t mind giving money to. So he paid him just for getting out of his way.