>>One thing I heard, not confirmed as true mind you, just a comment I heard, was that some people refused to leave because they thought they would be charged for the bus ride and they couldn't afford it.
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>>Also heard the same from a helicopter crew that some people had to be convinced (forced) to be lifted by assuring them they would not be charged for the service. Sad.
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>Indeed it is sad if that was the case. But why would they think they would be charged for the evac. service?....

Maybe the logic went something like this... I have to pay for an ambulance, and this is just about the same thing.