HURRICANE KATRINA Documentary (PART 4)
SPOTLIGHT: KATRINA PET AND ANIMAL RESCUE FOOTAGE! Ride Hamilton shows the FOURTH intense video excerpt from his in-progress Hurricane Katrina Documentary. The only tapestry of stories filmed LIVE as it was and STILL IS happening. It covers in tragic, emotional, and honest detail - everyday of the storm from DAY ONE to TODAY. ——————— THIS PODCAST: Ride walks with Janice White of the Red Cross through the worst hit area of the 9th Ward. He asks, “Why is the section locked off?” She answers, “There’s too many dead bodies in these houses, and we also don’t know which ones may fall down on you.” She continues, “Maybe by December we can find the bodies and let residents in.” Then, Ride continues with the dedicated pet and animal rescue volunteers as they try to save a dog desperately trapped between houses that are collided together. It’s literally a maze of wood, nails, metal, and debris. The dog was spotted by boat weeks ago, and now as some land is beginning to dry, the pet rescue volunteers come back to try again to rescue this same dog. Alas, it is still trapped, and all they can do is leave food and water. ——————— ABOUT THE FILM MAKER: Ride Hamilton was the only photo-journalist to never evacuate - and stay living and participating in the New Orleans community throughout Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the electricity-less, water-less, and MRE, heat, and mosquito-filled months afterwards. While instantly becoming a citizen first-responder and …
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wow, if our Government helped the people the way these people helped the animals, some of this pain could have been avoided.
I’m a freelance tv news reporter and was there in NOLA on the 500 day Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina doing some news reports on how people were rebuilding there lives after Katrina. Please stop by and comment and rate some of my news work. Thank You and Best Wishes.
biloxi survivor, ty for not forgeting
people have a choice, the animals don’t, they were left behind….
This was so sad.I love animals and cannot fathom leaving mine.The people were porr and without the funds they had no way out. Our government didn’t do shit for these poor people until the military came. FEMA sucked.They are not competent. These were forgotten people and this is supposed to be America?
@luvlife347 True. But Im also all about saving animals too. THE GOVERNMENT DROPPED THE BALL, Not the people of Katrina.