HBO. By Chris Edwards. People can say that writing a check doesnt mean anything, but honey, it does. Met in the little office at the Super Dome where the heliport is. Other people call me the Dr. Phil of the streets.. I gave the governor two options. Mahogany describes her actions before deciding to evacuate her home, her trip to the New Orleans Saints' Superdome, her horrific time at the Superdome, and finally her decision to leave New Orleans. [He] came on site, I think it was Monday after the event. "I realized how serious things were on Sunday. Under the best of circumstances, rape is one of the hardest crimes to solve. Not Just the Levees Broke: My Story During and After Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip). Explore FRONTLINEs collected and ongoing reporting on Russia's war on Ukraine. When Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans poet Shelton Alexander to evacuate his home, he took his truck and video camera to the Superdome. And then somebody came and called me and said, 'The president would like to see you.' Locals adopt it in their idea of the city. I aint about to leave, Gettridge said. '", Mayor Ray Nagin Power outages will last for weeks water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards.". "Media reports attribute Katrina with four fatalities [in Florida], more than a million customers were without electricity". HBO. I said, 'We need to do this.' We talked about it. And that was that.". The storm flooded New Orleans, killed more than 1,800 people, and caused . FEMA National Situation Update: Benelli says his team investigated two attempted rapes inside the Superdome, and two additional reports of rapes that happened in the city, one of which was the 25-year-old hairdresser. Blanco says, "Mr. President, thank you thank you, thank you. And there seems to be this dance about who has ultimate authority. Pack carefully. The top-notch special effects are alarmingly realistic and frightening, particularly when the 17th St. Canal levee breaches and when Katrina rips the roof from the Superdome, where in the days . In downtown New Orleans, some streets were merely wet rather than swamped. The Army Corps of Engineers renews work to fix the breach in the 17th St. Canal. ', So they went into another section of the plane, had a meeting. But we need something really big, like a hospital, that shows where the $25 billion in recovery money is going. He didn't care where the help came from, he just wanted it to be there. ", Richard Falkenrath, Homeland Security Adviser (2001-2004): Team members said they delivered babies, treated gunshot and stab victims, and ultimately fled for their own safety. by JOHN DORN. It took me too long and I worked too hard to build what I had here.. Sept. 27, 2005, 12:58 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press. More than four days after the storm hit, the caravan of at least three-dozen camouflage-green troop vehicles and supply trucks arrived along with dozens of air-conditioned buses to take refugees out of the city. Buckles' intimate connection to the people he interviews many of them family members, friends, and former . Trapped on Airline Drive in a traffic jam in his gas-depleted pickup truck, he didn't think he would reach his destination of Baton Rouge. Visit us at HISTORY.com for more info. We knew what had to be done. The Superdome is an intrinsic part of the city of New Orleans. But the problem was that because of the fear that resulted from the civil unrest, the bus drivers said, 'We're not going in there to pick these people up unless you put a law enforcement official on every one of the buses, because we're afraid. ". He says his team only saw a fraction of the desperate people who sought assistance. Producer Martin Smith: So we're just eating sandwiches and making nice while people are stranded on rooftops? ", Mayor Ray Nagin: The Army Corps of Engineers projects it could take 80 days to pump the water out of the city. "A week after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans state officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say once the canal level is drawn down two feet, Pumping Station 6 can begin pumping water out of the bowl-shaped city. Military planners are considering setting up a permanent rapid reaction unit designed to respond to domestic disasters. And I think thats whats going to help us rebuild the mosttalking about what happened and how we can move onand why documentaries like Trouble the Water are still so relevant. In downtown New Orleans, some streets were merely wet rather than swamped. I'm just not going to go on, on public television and bash in the middle of a disaster what I think people should or should not be doing. Hurricane Katrina [ edit] Refugees on the field inside the Superdome, August 28. And the mayor began to tell us some of the things that he needed. And I knew it wasn't true, because 8:00 or 10:00 that morning, I received a report from one of my staffers that either a levee had been topped or had actually broken. Tonight, the Oscar-nominated Trouble the Watera documentary by filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, premieres on HBO. A hurricane warning is issued for north central Gulf Coast including New Orleans. FRONTLINEs documentary The Old Man and the Storm followed Gettridge for 18 months as he worked to rebuild his home, which took on 10 feet of water when the levees breached. We all did. He estimates 5,000 to 10,000 people are still in the city, with many of them still waiting to be rescued. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. Anastasia is a petite, 25-year-old hairdresser who asked that her last name be omitted. Lewis and others had taken refuge in the Redemption Elderly Apartments, in the Irish Channel section of New Orleans. The Times-Picayune reports that Jefferson Parish residents are allowed to return to the area to inspect the damage to their homes.The breach in the 17th Street Canal is finally repaired, and engineers continue to work on other levee breaks. President Bush flies over the area on his way back to Washington. Victims of Hurricane Katrina fight through the crowd as they line up for buses to evacuate the Superdome and New Orleans, Sept. 1, 2005. "What you had was a situation where you've got a tremendous number of vulnerable people, and then some predatory people who had all of the reasons to take their anger out on someone else," Benitez says. And we said, "Plan your route carefully. This escapism was part of the gift the Saints gave the city following Hurricane Katrina. Half of telephone service is back. Thousands of displaced residents take cover from Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome in New . Katrina caused more than $160 billion in damage. But more and more people were being evacuated from their rooftops after being in the sun for long periods or overnight and being put on highways on high ground. Left to right: Mayor Ray Nagin, President Bush, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown, Gov. So I can assume what the criminals were thinking, and that's exactly what happened.". Per this CNN Money report, a Brian Williams' Katrina tale appears to have evolved somewhat dramatically over the course of just one year.In 2005, Williams reported in a documentary that he had "heard the story" of a man killing himself in the Superdome. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, causing catastrophic flooding as numerous levees failed around New Orleans. Looting becomes more widespread; hotels begin turning out guests. Her husband [Raymond Blanco] is there. President Bush arrives in New Orleans and holds a meeting on Air Force One with federal and local officials. If we arent talking about what we still need, how can we be sure people wont forget?. The storm traveled the Gulf of Mexico and then made landfall on the Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana near the town of Buras, on Aug. 29, 2005. "I'm telling you the number of reported rapes we had.". I think we both should have asked sooner.". ", At that time, I thought we had done a pretty good job because we had gotten about 80 percent of the people out. By the end of the day, there are 30,000 people at the Superdome. Ultimately, more than 300 soldiers would be trapped inside their own headquarters. "There was a period of days when we weren't sure who was directing the federal response and were all the actions being taken. She made a report to a local sheriff's office; it has not yet passed the report on to the New Orleans police. "Coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations as they rushed to get out A direct hit could wind up submerging New Orleans in several feet of water At least 100,000 people in the city lack transportation to get out Louisiana and Mississippi make all lanes northbound on interstate highways". The account of her rape was verified by a trained forensic nurse at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, where Lewis sought treatment. They spend the next 24 hours trying to save themselves. President Bush's Sept. 15th address to the nation. It was called "Hurricane Pam" and the exercise was conducted with state and local emergency managers. Having largely emptied the cavernous Superdome, which had become a squalid pit of misery and violence, officials turned their attention to the Convention Center, where people waited to be evacuated as corpses rotted in the streets. At a press conference in Baton Rouge, 80 miles away, Gov. Follow a day-by-day account of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, from its birth in the Atlantic Ocean to its catastrophic effects: flooded streets, flattened homes,. I am still going out into the streets every day to talk to people about their experiencesI call it getting phyllisophical. He Says He Paid a Price. ", Leo Bosner, FEMA watch officer: The death toll in the city is not known, but the dying continues as people succumb to illness, exhaustion and days without food and water. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. More than 1,800 people died in what was the costliest . We need you to take over logistics, distribution of commodities, etc. When Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans poet Shelton Alexander to evacuate his home, he took his truck and video camera to the Superdome. By the end of the day, it is upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina, with 50 mph maximum sustained winds. Several thousand National Guard troops start reaching the thousands of evacuees at the Convention Center and elsewhere. When presented with the additional cases collected by victims' advocates groups, Benelli acknowledges that the police simply doesn't know the extent of sex crimes after the storm. Pack as though you're going on a camping trip. (Weather forecasters classify hurricane strength on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the strongest.) In all, more than 1,500 died either duringthe storm or inthe famouslybungled aftermath which saw local, state, and federal officials uncoordinated and overwhelmed. Phone service and electricity to some 770,000 people in the area is cut off. Surviving the Superdome. A New Orleans house submerged in floodwaters. 1) At least 1,800 people died due to Hurricane Katrina. The film features 15 minutes of live hurricane video shot by Kimberly Roberts, an aspiring rapper whose family was too poor to leave New Orleans, and follows Kim's family and others through the . Persons, pets, and livestock exposed to the winds will face certain death if struck. At 10 a.m., the Thorntons headed together to the Superdome. Thousands more were unable to evacuate, including the nearly 25,000 who sheltered in the Superdome. People continue to head towards the Superdome, which is now surrounded by water. "All I could do was pray, pray for rescue, pray that I didn't have any type of transmitted disease," she says. Katrina becomes a Category 3 with 115 mph maximum sustained winds. hide caption. Having largely emptied the cavernous Superdome, which had become a squalid pit of misery and violence, officials turned their attention to the Convention Center, where people waited to be evacuated as corpses rotted in the streets. One woman told me she was going to commit suicide after Katrina, and that she saw Spike Lees documentary, and I saved her life. The Katrina images we see in the film -- people on rooftops, the Superdome being shredded by hurricane winds, dogs stranded in attics -- are ones that once would have been guaranteed to put lumps . Katrina makes landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana as a Category 3 storm with winds near 127 mph. Now, other than media reports, I don't know what's happening at the other end. producer's chat+tapes & transcript+press reaction+credits+privacy policy 11.1.2005. Note: The Earlier Warnings -- In 2001, FEMA identified the three most likely disasters facing the U.S.: an earthquake in California, a hurricane in New Orleans and a terrorist attack in New York City. More than a million people were displaced in the days leading up to and following . " After Katrina passed, we thought we're pretty much out of the woods. I laid that out for him. I spoke to an airman [over the phone] he told me that it had rained very little and there was justexcept for just a few puddles of water in the parking lot, there just was no water, the guards commander, Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau, who was monitoring the situation from Baton Rouge, recalled in an interview with FRONTLINE. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.Get More National Geographic:Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSiteFacebook: http://bit.ly/FBNatGeoTwitter: http://bit.ly/NatGeoTwitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/NatGeoInstaHurricane Katrina Day by Day | National Geographichttps://youtu.be/HbJaMWw4-2QNational Geographichttps://www.youtube.com/natgeo Benitez and others interviewed for this report believe that police authorities -- who were anxious to discount initially exaggerated reports of mayhem -- are downplaying violent crimes that happened in the anarchy after the storm. Troops poured in to restore order after almost a week of near-anarchy. They didn't have communication. Orders volun-tary evacuation where residents in low-lying areas encouraged to evacuate Sunday, August 28, 2005: Hurricane Katrina becomes a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds Superdome opens as a shelter of last resort Acadian personnel are deployed to the Superdome to help triage special needs patients and staff the rst aid station Nagin . The Army Corps of Engineers attempts to plug breaches in the 17th Street Canal and Industrial Canal levees. "We know about all the other things that happened, all the thefts, all the robberies. Watch it: For a powerful story of resilience and determination in the face of tragedy. And the president comes, and we have this meeting. In what looked like a scene from a Third World country, some people threw their arms heavenward and others nearly fainted with joy as the trucks and hundreds of soldiers arrived in the punishing midday heat. August 28, 2005. People begin arriving at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center seeking shelter, food, and water. We had pre-positioned supplies, medical teams, Meals Ready To Eat, and food in the Superdome. Because of the ensuing . FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. Walter Maestri, Jefferson Parish emergency manager: Richard Falkenrath, Homeland Security Adviser (2001-2004): In Fight Against ISIS, a Lose-Lose Scenario Poses Challenge for West. And, in 2004, FEMA sponsored a disaster planning exercise in which the scenario was a major hurricane striking New Orleans. Gettridge,a fifth generation New Orleanian, would go on to die from a heart attack in 2014 at the age of 91 at the home he had successfully rebuilt. The Department of Defense's "Joint Task Force Katrina" -- 4,600 active-duty military headed by Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honor -- sets up at Camp Shelby, Miss. "Some bad things happened, you know. Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News/epa/Corbis She gripped my arm at the store, and she told me, the way you shared with everybody so openly, you helped me to heal. And you need to order mandatory evacuation. Listen 7:57. We've all feared a catastrophic hurricane striking New Orleans. At 7 am Katrina is a Category 5 with 160 mph maximum sustained winds. Evacuating hospitals is a top priority: Patients and staff are stranded and supplies and power are dwindling. to support FEMA disaster relief efforts, but it will be two days before the troops arrive in the city. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. The Louisiana Superdome, once a mighty testament to architecture and ingenuity, became the biggest storm shelter in New Orleans the day before Katrina's arrival Monday. And he had flown in a helicopter. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. Blanco and said, 'We've got to move National Guard troops in there. No, they weren't. But by late morning, when FEMA director Michael Brown arrives in Baton Rouge, water is already coming over levees in the 9th Ward and there are reports of breaks in the Industrial Canal and 17th Street Canal levees. Over 1,800 people lost their lives in the hurricane and an estimated 1 million people were displaced from their homes. Gov. Their back-up generators flooded. You have responded to my calls." It is 250 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The skies darkened, and the wind started to pick up. The 42 reports include assaults that happened inside New Orleans and outside the city, for instance, in host homes. Commander Dave Lipin says they saw two women who said they'd been raped -- different women than those the police attended to. Years later, much of the money committed to New Orleans residents had yet to reach them. And it is injurious to the president. And why it wasnt stopped sooner. In one notorious incident known as the Danziger Bridge case, police opened fire on a group of civilians, who were later found to be unarmed and searching for food and medicine. I said, 'All of us are going to leave right now, and they're going to work this out right now. ", In Washington, President Bush publicly acknowledges the inadequacy of the federal government's response: "Many of our citizens simply are not getting the help they need, especially in New Orlenas. Lewis says that later in the week, national guardsmen forced evacuees out of the building at gunpoint. Later, his charred remains were discovered on the banks of the Mississippi River, inside a car that had apparently been set on fire. We were moving school buses in. I've got to know. Residents are bringing their belongings and lining up to get into the Superdome which has been opened as a hurricane shelter in advance of hurricane Katrina. Get as many people out as possible. U.S. Cities and States Are Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change. ", President Bush arrives in Louisiana. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA. The National Weather Service writes that Hurricane Katrina is "one of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States." Hurricane Katrina caused up to $161 billion worth of damage, largely due to the fact that the breached levees led to flooding in 80% of New Orleans. Find out in the 2015 documentary Outbreak, newly available to stream on FRONTLINEs YouTube channel. Gallery. A hurricane warning is issued for north central Gulf . Documenting evidence of potential war crimes in Ukraine. In what looked like a scene from a Third World country, some people threw their arms heavenward and others nearly fainted with joy as the trucks and hundreds of soldiers arrived in the punishing midday heat. Do You Have News to Share? Why would we think there was less rape typical of any given week in the city? And nothing happened. Four were wounded, and 17-year-old James Brisette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison were killed. I wasnt poor before Katrina, and Im certainly not poor afterward, but Trouble the Water pisses me off all over again, in a good way. After the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in the 1990s, the world vowed never again. Then came the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, which began 20 years ago. With Glovers story as a jumping-off point, FRONTLINE partnered with the Times-Picayune and ProPublica in 2010 to investigate six questionable shootings by police revealing that, in the midst of post-Katrina chaos, law-enforcement commanders issued orders to ignore long-established rules governing the use of deadly force. In the decade since Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which came under harsh criticism for its response to the storm says it has improved its preparedness for future natural disasters. Reports put the population there in the tens of thousands. "I was told that they could mobilize immediately 2,500 National Guards members. Thats why films like Trouble the Water are so important, and why its great that its making it to a wide audience via HBO. A Louisiana State University computer model of a 115 mph storm strike shows the overtopping of levees protecting New Orleans and nearby areas. ", Gov. And I wanted to cut to the chase because I knew what the real issue was. I don't think that's the proper thing to do. That's the attitude I would take if I was operating in the dark too. The outer ends of the hurricane also produced tornados . Flew into the city. The Times-Picayune reports the Convention Center evacuees are still being loaded onto buses and evacuated and search-and-rescue operations continue. Katrina Cop in the Superdome. "Katrina will regenerate on Friday over Gulf of Mexico, head west-northwest then turn northward. We have so much intelligence down here in New Orleans, and yet, even four years after the hurricane, we cant rely on the school system. Follow a day-by-day account of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, from its birth in the Atlantic Ocean to its catastrophic effects: flooded streets, flattened homes, and horrific loss of life. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe#NationalGeographic #HurricaneKatrina #StormsAbout National Geographic:National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Your email address will not be published. Glover, you dont know me, but Im Phyllis, and I was in another Katrina documentary and I have to see this film! He grabbed onto me and I wouldnt let go until I got a seat insidethats the way I am. There is a belief that the city has avoided a direct hit. Kathleen Blanco. Exacerbated by the recent BP oil spill in the region, the storm and its aftermath remains an open wound for local residents and others affected .
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