Coast Guard and other military units, volunteers, and state and local first responders delivered thousands from death by drowning, dehydration, heatstroke, fire, starvation, and disease. At the state level, the Louisiana National Guard’s 1-244th Aviation Battalion and 812th Med-Evac unit moved helicopters—ten Black Hawks and six Hueys—into New Orleans behind the storm.
FEMA’s Michael Brown, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, and Mayor Nagin—had little if any role; in fact, because local communication was wiped out by the storm, they may not even have known about the scale and success of the rescue operation.
Dolinar, L. (2005). Katrina: The Untold Story. National Review, 57(19), 35-39.
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