A Hospital’s Deadly Choice
Katrina’s floodwaters had knocked out the power. Evacuation of the sickest patients seemed impossible. So the doctors at Memorial did what they thought was right, even if they knew it was a crime.
Katrina’s floodwaters had knocked out the power. Evacuation of the sickest patients seemed impossible. So the doctors at Memorial did what they thought was right, even if they knew it was a crime.
Sheri Fink New York Times Magazine Aug 2009 55min Permalink
Hurricane Maria was a natural catastrophe. The aftermath is a man-made disaster.
Mattathias Schwartz New York Dec 2017 35min Permalink
Less than a week after Katrina, Michael Lewis goes home to New Orleans.
The people who survived Katrina, ten years later.
Wright Thompson ESPN the Magazine Aug 2015 25min Permalink
Kathy Phipps was “rescued” by FEMA. Ten years later, she is so anxious she’s confined to her house.
Peter Moskowitz Buzzfeed Aug 2015 15min Permalink
When all else failed, he commandeered a bus, and saved his neighbors. Now he’s in prison.
Joel D. Anderson Buzzfeed Jul 2015 20min Permalink
The changing landscape of the Lower Ninth Ward in post-Katrina New Orleans:
There have been sightings of armadillos, coyotes, owls, hawks, falcons and even a four-foot alligator, drinking from a leaky fire hydrant. Rats have been less of a problem lately because of the stray cats and the birds of prey. But it’s not just animals that emerge from the weeds.
Nathaniel Rich New York Times Magazine Mar 2012 25min Permalink
A Holocaust detective story: could a lampshade pulled from the ruins of Katrina really be Buchenwald artifact made of human remains?
Mark Jacobson New York Sep 2010 30min Permalink