In August of 2005 I was beginning my junior year at Brother Martin High School. Only A few weeks into the semester we were forced to evacuate to Baton Rouge due to the threat of Katrina. I evacuated with my mother, step-father, and brother. Once we were safely in Baton Rouge, I called my father who was supposed to be on his way to Lafayette with my step-mother, and his four month old daughter. However, once I called him I was in for a surprise that would change both of our lives forever. My father, who was a Tech. Sergeant in the avionics division of the 159th Fighter Wing of the Louisiana Air National Guard, was activated and ordered to return to New Orleans. He and the rest of the men in the avionics division were assigned to the shelter of last resort in the city of New Orleans, the Louisiana Superdome. They would spend five days in a living hell, with 30,000 other people. \r\n\r\n The news media\'s accounts about what happened in the Superdome only came from those who CHOSE to stay behind during the hurricane, not those who had to help their families pack everything into the car, but could not evacuate with them because they HAD to remain behind to protect, save, and care for those who CHOSE to remain behind because they were too ignorant to leave. I use the word ignorant because if the people who chose to stay behind really wanted to evacuate they could have found a way to do so. \r\n\r\n My father and about one hundred other National Guardsmen did whatever they could to help the people in the Superdome. The day after the storm my father gave one of his MRE\'s (meal ready to eat) to a woman and her one year old baby because someone had stolen hers. However, stories like this were never reported nor will they ever be. The only thing the national news media cared about at that time and even five years later is the suffering of a select group of people. People from Lakeview, St. Bernard, lower Plaquemines, Biloxi, Gulf Port, Waveland, and many other areas were all affected, not just people from the 9th Ward. \r\n\r\n My father and the men and women of the 159th Fighter Wing and first responders on the local, state, and federal level went above and beyond what was required of them in this terrible time in our cities history. These stories need to be told to uncover what really happened in the days following the worst natural disaster in our countries history.\r\n