Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
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FEMA's Marty Bahamonde recounts his experience during Hurricane Katrina while interviewed for the production of National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005, Eddie Compass was New Orleans' Police Department Chief/Superintendent. He recounts his experience as key figure in many of Katrina’s political controversies, during an interview conducted for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Ed Bush was a Major in the Louisiana National Guard when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. He recounts his experience during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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FEMA's Marty Bahamonde recounts his experience during Hurricane Katrina while interviewed for the production of National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Alice Craft-Kerney was a nurse at Charity Hospital when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Unable to evacuate, she and other family members seek shelter at a her brother’s home on the lower 9th Ward. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Ed Bush was a Major in the Louisiana National Guard when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. He recounts his experience during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Thanh Truong was a reporter for WWL4 TV station when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005, Eddie Compass was New Orleans' Police Department Chief/Superintendent. He recounts his experience as key figure in many of Katrina’s political controversies, during an interview conducted for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Ed Bush was a Major in the Louisiana National Guard when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. He recounts his experience during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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New Orleans resident Kevin Goodman holds his two baby nieces while seeking help from reporters in the face of the dare conditions at the Convention Center after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (ABC News)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Alice Craft-Kerney was a nurse at Charity Hospital when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Unable to evacuate, she and other family members seek shelter at a her brother’s home on the lower 9th Ward. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005, Lucrece Phillips lived in New Orleans’ 8th Ward, almost at the beginning of the 9th Ward. She was interviewed soon after escaping her attic by a Times-Picayune reporter. She recounts her experience during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. My house was in the Eighth Ward, almost the beginning of the Ninth Ward.
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Tremé resident Lynette Boutte survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina through chest-deep waters and the scorching concrete of the Claiborne Bridge. Boutte, who is now an advocate for the restoration of the culture and heritage of New Orleans, recounts her experience during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Shelton Alexander lived in Violet, La., St. Bernard Parish. Using his video camera, he starts recording as the winds started picking up and narrates his experience over hours of footage from the Superdome – the storm as experienced inside the Dome, where thousands of people found shelter and waited for rescue. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, Sally Forman was Director of Communication for the city. She offers an insider's view of life in a disaster zone where communications and resources were practically non-existent during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Tremé resident Lynette Boutte survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina through chest-deep waters and the scorching concrete of the Claiborne Bridge. Boutte, who is now an advocate for the restoration of the culture and heritage of New Orleans, recounts her experience during an interview for National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, the series reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, Lt. General Russel Honoré served as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina and is widely credited for reestablishing order and evacuating the Superdome. Prioritizing rescues, care and dignity for people left stranded, he quickly won great acclaim when he ordered National Guard troops to lower their weapons. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Thanh Truong was a reporter for WWL4 TV station when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Thanh Truong was a reporter for WWL4 TV station when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, Lt. General Russel Honoré served as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina and is widely credited for reestablishing order and evacuating the Superdome. Prioritizing rescues, care and dignity for people left stranded, he quickly won great acclaim when he ordered National Guard troops to lower their weapons. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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Big Chief Kevin Goodman is a cultural ambassador, coming from a family immersed in the rich traditions of the 7th Ward Black Masking Indian (also referred to as Mardi Gras Indian) culture, which blends African, Native American, and Creole influences. During Katrina, weakened from days without food and water, Goodman bravely held his months-old twin nieces in his arms as he stood in front of news cameras to report the reality of what was happening at the Convention Center. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural. (National Geographic)
Episode: #03 "A Desperate Place"
Air Date 07/27/2025
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