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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Smashed plane across from Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, November 2005

Wreckage of a small white, red, and blue striped airplane lies crushed against the trunk of a large oak tree, with a highway overpass visible in the background.

Collection

Katrina

Smashed plane across from Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Smashed plane across from Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2514.