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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.

A wheelchair is tangled by the tree that fell from next door.

A rusted wheelchair, labeled "Rolls by Invacare," lies abandoned amid a tangle of fallen tree branches and dry leaves, with a building visible in the background.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

A wheelchair is tangled by the tree that fell from next door.

Original title

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Citation

“A wheelchair is tangled by the tree that fell from next door.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3494.