Katrina's Stories in Video
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Three Generations Rescued from Katrina’s Wrath
Their home had stood since 1876, but Katrina's storm surge quickly swallowed the second floor. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors remember a Coast Guard aircrew rescued three generations of their family.
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20 Years after Katrina: Coast Guard Heroes tell Their Story
This is the untold story of Katrina’s Coast Guard heroes, 20 years later. For the first time, aircrews and boat forces who lived through Katrina share what it was really like to answer the call — balancing duty, exhaustion, and personal loss during one of the largest rescue operations in U.S. history.
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Hurricane Katrina through the eyes of Aviation
Showcasing the efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard during the Hurricane Katrina response across Biloxi and Louisiana, August, 2005
Hurricane Katrina: Storm of a Lifetime
Twenty years ago, the U.S. Coast Guard demonstrated its enduring role as America’s maritime first responder. The disaster tested the strength of survivors, responders and the very fabric of our nation. This historical multimedia project is dedicated to those responders’ devotion to duty, courage, humanity, and most of all their selflessness during and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Hurricane Katrina
Diary of a Superstorm
The monster hurricane that came ashore in August of 2005 was something the country had never seen before. Here’s what happened, as told by the Coast Guard men and women who were there.
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Oral Histories
Preparing for and Responding to Hurricane Katrina
Katrina related oral histories featured as part of the 20th anniversary of the Coast Guard’s response to the effort. Visit each interview for full length audio, abstracts, and transcripts.
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Hurricane Katrina
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