Images of after Hurricane Katrina endure 20 years later
It’s difficult to believe that it has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, causing catastrophic flooding in New Orleans and along the Mississippi coast. Today many are still dealing with mental, physical and financial issues created by the storm. I spent more than 10 days documenting the death, destruction and the resilience of the community. A reporter and I flew into Houston, rented a car and filled it with as much food and water as it would hold. We worked around the clock, sleeping in the car when and wherever we could, documenting the aftermath of one of this country’s worst disasters.
A woman sleeps as another waits in long lines outside the Superdome for transportation to a shelter in San Antonio during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath on Sept. 3, 2005, in New Orleans. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Hundreds displaced by Hurricane Katrina camp beside Interstate 10, awaiting helicopter evacuation at the Causeway in New Orleans on Sept. 2, 2005. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Thousands displaced by Hurricane Katrina wait for helicopter evacuation at the Causeway on Interstate 10 on Sept. 2, 2005, in New Orleans. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)A man carrying his belongings wades through the flooded remains of North Claiborne Street during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath on Sept. 3, 2005, in New Orleans. Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)A mother and her child receive the last of the food during a drop on the Causeway exit on Interstate 10 as victims wait for transport to safety during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)A mother and child await evacuation by helicopter at the Interstate 10 Causeway in New Orleans on Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, following Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Hurricane Katrina victims unable to walk are carried on a dolly to a helicopter for evacuation to a shelter on Sept. 3, 2005, in New Orleans. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Los Angeles County firefighter Rich Atwood of Pico Rivera, with helicopter pilots, evacuates 93-year-old Marie C. Lindsey to safety at Louis Armstrong International Airport during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath on Sept. 3, 2005, in New Orleans. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)A homeowner posts a warning to looters along Hesiod Street in Metairie, a New Orleans suburb, on Sept. 7, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)An Emergency Medical Technician consoles a frightened child as others board a helicopter for evacuation along the Causeway on Interstate 10 during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath on Sept. 2, 2005, in New Orleans. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)A flooded cemetery is seen in the foreground of a southward view of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath on Sept. 3, 2005.(Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Blackwater security consultants stand guard on an empty Bourbon Street in the French Quarter on Sept. 7, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and parts of Mississippi. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Kelvin Schulz II searches the remains of his family’s home on Washington Street in Bay St. Louis, where his 80-year-old grandmother, Jane Mollere, was killed during Hurricane Katrina, on Sept. 5, 2005. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)A man pleads with the Los Angeles County Urban Search and Rescue Team to find a friend stranded nearby on Sept. 3, 2005, in New Orleans. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Esther Lacoste, 81, of Metairie, and her daughter, Linda Reinhardt of Jefferson, recount surviving Hurricane Katrina, including Reinhardt dragging her mother from their home, on Sept. 7, 2005. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)The U.S. National Guard loads victims onto a helicopter for evacuation on Interstate 10 during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath on Sept. 3, 2005, in New Orleans.(Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Hurricane Katrina victims wait amid trash at the New Orleans Center to board buses to shelters on Sept. 3, 2005. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)Family belongings on a porch are all that remain on Washington Street in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 5, 2005. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
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