On Sunday, August 28th, the winds of Hurricane Katrina battered the city of New Orleans. The staff of the New Orleans Times Picayune spent the next two days covering the plight of the city's residents. They did not realize that their own ordeal was about to begin. This is the story of one photographer.

• Part I: The Levees Fail [view clip]
  
  
• Part II: Getting Airborne [view clip]
  
  
• Part III: The Superdome & Convention Center [view clip]
  
  
• Part IV: Arming Himself [view clip]
  
  
• Part V: Hard Times Call For Strong People [view clip]
  
  

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Produced by Dirck Halstead
Interview by Beverly Spicer
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