Lisa Krantz Photography

Hurricane Katrina: aftermath

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.
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.