Ms. Blanco, she left and walked out. 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. Refuge of last resort: Five days inside the Superdome for Hurricane Katrina. Commander Dave Lipin says they saw two women who said they'd been raped -- different women than those the police attended to. An Unfiltered View: Producers of Police on Trial on What the Documentary Reveals 2 Years After the Murder of George Floyd, From the Archives: How the World's Deadliest Ebola Outbreak Unfolded, Russias Invasion of Ukraine, One Year Later, War Crimes Watch Ukraine: More Than 650 Documented Events, From the Archives: How the U.N. & World Failed Darfur Amid "the 21st Century's First Genocide". Lt. Dave Benelli, commander of the sex crimes unit with the New Orleans Police Department, denies that. ', We immediately did turn to the military and mission-assigned them to start doing airlifts, start bringing things in. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. "I'm telling you the number of reported rapes we had.". His goal: To make it possible for his wife of 65 years, Lydia who had gone to live with one of their nine children in Wisconsin after Katrina to return home. Mayor Ray Nagin orders the total evacuation of New Orleans due to the dangers posed by the contaminated standing water. Thousands of displaced residents take cover from Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome in New . So many people have Katrina Fatigue, as I like to call itthe hurricane is four years out, and I applaud anything that brings another testimony into the public conversation; that shows people how bad it was, and how bad it still is. And why it wasnt stopped sooner. If we arent talking about what we still need, how can we be sure people wont forget?. More women are coming forward with stories of sexual assault in the lawless days after the storm. Trachelle Addison cuddles her 2-week-old son, Jirra-e, in the stands of the Superdome, where some 25,000 refugees took shelter after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. August 27, 2015, 2:18 PM. and catcalls of 'What took you so long?,' a National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled through axle-deep floodwaters Friday into what remained of New Orleans and descended into a maelstrom of fires and floating corpses. 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. ", President Bush arrives in Louisiana. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. Its efforts fail. I've got to know. If you would like to customise your choices, click 'Manage privacy settings'. Troops poured in to restore order after almost a week of near-anarchy. By the end of the day it is 335 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River. I said, 'All of us are going to leave right now, and they're going to work this out right now. The Coast Guard mobilizes to respond after the storm hits. hide caption. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. Some 11,000 National Guardsmen are now on duty in Louisiana and increased security begins to have an effect on lawlessness in New Orleans, although some violence continues. By midday, water levels between the city and Lake Ponchartrain have equalized. Looting becomes more widespread; hotels begin turning out guests. "[I] got to the president. 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. "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". But while the Superdome has been reclaimed, those stories of trauma remain, and some roil pretty close to . 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Another group, Witness Justice, a Maryland-based non-profit that assists victims of violent crimes, claims to have received 156 reports of post-Katrina violent crimes; about a third of those involved sexual assaults. Exploring the experiences of a black member of the New Orleans Police Department and assorted other New Orleans residents during their stay in the Louisiana Superdome during and after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005. The skies darkened, and the wind started to pick up. The price tag has not yet been determined. The outer ends of the hurricane also produced tornados . Katrina first made landfall in South Florida. Concerned over unreported and underreported rapes, her organization, together with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center -- which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- created a national database to track sexual assaults that happened after Katrina. They lost 15 high-water trucks with mobile communications packages. By the evening of August 25, when it made . Before Hurricane Katrina hit, New Orleans residents gathered to ride out the storm in what seemed like a pretty safe place, the Superdome, the city's football stadium . "Louis Armstrong International Airport served as a massive clearing house for some of the storm's sickest victims Saturday. Anastasia says thugs were still wandering the streets of her neighborhood more than a week after the flood. Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005. We'd sent them all the information they needed. "I'm not gonna go on television and publicly say that I think that the mayor and the governor are not doing their job, and that they don't have the sense of urgency. Since many New Orleans streets are still filled with stagnant, fetid waters smelling of garbage and raw sewage, the military was considering using planes to spray for mosquitoes.". Lipin says when he arrived in Baton Rouge and turned on the TV, he was surprised by reports of rampant violence in New Orleans. hurricane katrina anniversary: 40 powerful photos of New Orleans after the storm. 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. At 7 pm it makes landfall north of Miami. At 1:30 in the morning, Denise Thornton walked with her group up to the helipad, out in the open air, and there it was. Crime is at an all-time high. The account of her rape was verified by a trained forensic nurse at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, where Lewis sought treatment. In his speech, he calls on all federal, state and local agencies to review their performance. The storm has ripped a hole in the Superdome where the power has gone out. But Mayor Nagin goes on radio and castigates state and federal officials for their inaction and demands they "fix the biggest god-damn crisis in the history of this country." That's the attitude I would take if I was operating in the dark too. I mentally moved on from the storm after I wrote the last page of my book, but this documentary has opened some old wounds and moves me to action, and I can only hope it does the same for others. 7:577-Minute Listen. The Army Corps of Engineers attempts to plug breaches in the 17th Street Canal and Industrial Canal levees. "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. Mayor Mitch Landrieu last week hailedNew Orleans as Americas comeback city,citing efforts to reduce crime, decrease homelessness and improve educational outcomes for area students. Buckles' intimate connection to the people he interviews many of them family members, friends, and former . There's no question.". And I said [to the president], 'Look, we talked about that option, and then we also talked about another option, that we would federalize, and the governor said she needed time to think about it. Sept. 15, 2005, 7:50 AM PDT. A hurricane warning is issued for the Southeast Florida coast. Female victims, now displaced from New Orleans, are slowly coming forward with a different story than the official one. Here in New Orleans East, we desperately need a hospital. so you had a very dynamic situation.". But a growing body of evidence suggests there were more storm-related sexual assaults than previously known. As Katrina hit, Alexander found himself in a desperate situation. 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 . "Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks perhaps longer. And he passes, literally, hundreds of school buses lined up to come and get these folks. FRONTLINE home+WGBH+PBS, FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of wgbh educational foundation. National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield tells the Times-Picayune newspaper, "This is scary this is the real thing." I aint about to leave, Gettridge said. He escaped the chaotic shelter a few days . We knew what had to be done. Over 1,800 people lost their lives in the hurricane and an estimated 1 million people were displaced from their homes. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. Later, his charred remains were discovered on the banks of the Mississippi River, inside a car that had apparently been set on fire. In a documentary aired in October 2005 on the Sundance Channel, "In His Own Words: Brian Williams on Hurricane Katrina," Williams said, . HBO. Photo. "We know about all the other things that happened, all the thefts, all the robberies. As a shocking New Orleans documentary airs on HBO tonight, Phyllis Montana-LeBlancbestselling author and gutsy survivorexplains why the city is still drowning. "A close eye will be kept this system could strengthen ". "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. More women are coming forward with stories of sexual . By. The following year, during an interview with Tom Brokaw at Columbia Journalism School, Williams said, "We watched, all of us watched . 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 are still areas that look like Katrina hit yesterday. "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 and Coast Guard helicopters flew a steady stream of evacuees from hospitals and rooftops to the airport southwest of downtown. She describes . And then he was gone after a while.". Gallery. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. I don't know why. But there were also profane jeers from many in the crowd of nearly 20,000 outside the Convention Center, which a day earlier seemed on the verge of a riot, with desperate people seething with anger over the lack of anything to eat or drink. A suicide did occur inside the Superdome, . "We'd heard the story of a man killing himself, falling . I just expressed to her my concern about the lack of unified command, and the need to have more of a structure of what was going on. A timeline of the warnings, some of the decisions leading up to the disaster, and what went wrong with the government's response. Get It Published. ', And the president was a little stunned, and he kind of stepped back, and he recovered.