Lisa Krantz Photography

Hurricane Katrina: aftermath

Kenny Adams, 17, cries about the devastation of his city outside the Superdome in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, September 1, 2005.
   
Evacuees try to get to the Superdome in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, September 1, 2005, several days after the levees broke and the city was flooded.
  
Shirley Boihen is carried off a ferry after being rescued from her home in St. Bernard Parish at the Algiers Ferry Terminal across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans on Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Shirley and her husband were neck deep in water in their home when they were rescued.
     
  
Family members of Cesar Martin, 20, a diabetic, massage his body as his health deteriorates while waiting for evacuation from the Convention Center in New Orleans on Friday, September 2, 2005. The family had lost track of days but thought they had been at the convention center for three days. Martin had been without his medication longer.
  
Emergency personnel and volunteers prepare for rescue missions in East Jefferson Parish in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, September 1, 2005.
  
John Becnel, of Louisiana Probation and Patrol, stands guard as a building burns in downtown New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Friday, September 2, 2005.
     
  
Danny Brumfield lies shot to death by a New Orleans Police Officer in the street in front of the Convention Center. His body remained there until late in the afternoon after being killed in the early morning hours on Saturday, September 3, 2005.
   
Raymond Guzman, 8, holds his kitten, Killer Jr., after arriving with hundreds of refugees who were rescued from St. Bernard Parish on a barge at the Algiers Ferry Terminal across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans on Wednesday, August 31, 2005.
   
Val Emmanuel Dorsey, the Pastor at Providence Memorial Baptist Church in New Orleans, pushes his 92-year-old step-father, Samson Baker, in hopes of finding medical attention for him at the Superdome in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, September 1, 2005.
     
  
Master Sgt. Roxie Mardis, from center/left, Lt. Col. David Mora, and Chief Bob Conaway, all with the 149th Fighter Wing based in San Antonio at Lackland Airforce Base, shield themselves and evacuees from the wind created by an evacuation helicopter as evacuees needing medical attention and their families are flown from the Convention Center in New Orleans on Saturday, September 3, 2005. The evacuees are Beatrice LeBeau, 89, (in left wheelchair), being held by her granddaughter, Kim Rieux, next to Rieux's mother, Genevia, left, and Rose Cosey, 99, right.
  
Stranded dogs bark at the boat driven by volunteer Howard Johnston, of Baton Rouge, as he looks for stranded residents in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans on Sunday, September 4, 2005.
  
Evacuees wait for help to arrive inside the Convention Center in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Friday, September 2, 2005.