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Looking for the stranded

Two U.S. Coast Guard crew members in orange life vests pull an orange rescue skiff through a flooded, tree-lined New Orleans street lined with damaged houses and downed branches.

Collection

USCG Released photos, Hurricane Katrina

NEW ORLEANS - (Sept. 4, 2005)--A Coast Guard search and rescue crew from a St. Louis, Mo., based Disaster Area Response Team drags their skiff to a launching point on South Carrollton Avenue in New Oreans to look for people in distress. USCG photo by PA3 L.F. Chambers 050904-C-4987C-503

Citation

“Looking for the stranded,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2401.