Jumped the levee in a flat boat and headed out across lake ponchatrain with my lady friend of six years "DUCHESS". Steven Showalter and family are fine!Steven Showalter

Our Dog Rudy has never reacted like this, layed his head next to mine, animals even feel our pain.Elaine Archambeault



A man is arrested by La State Police and NOPD SWAT teams after a group he was with fired at police on Chef Mentaur in the east after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. The police returned fire that killed one and wounded 4.

A wall of water makes it hard for Roosevelt Kyles of the 9th Ward to walk out of his house with a bag full of medicine he needs for his diabetes. It was the only thing Kyles took from his house

Shirley Williamson shows the flag she used to waive down rescue workers Sunday, September 4, 2005 at Armstrong International Airport in Kenner.

An Army National Guard air crew member assigned to the 'Cajun Dustoffs', looks out at the flooded streets of New Orleans as they prepare to land near the New Orleans Superdome while conducting humanitarian assistance operations.