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Search & Rescue - Zoom Out

Pink bungalow with white columns and railings, numbered "6648" above the door, a large orange search-and-rescue "X" marking painted on the wall, and a black trash bin on the brick walkway.

just about every structure here in New Orleans had one of these search and rescue marking on them when various search and rescue teams search New Orleans in September 05. The teams were searching for survivors as well as any bodies. Some people have painted over these markings while others have turned them into shrines of sorts. Here this one has been transformed into a pictograph

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“Search & Rescue - Zoom Out,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33226.