Rescue efforts after Katrina
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-05 10:14

U.S. Coast Guard swimmer Jerry Hoover (in helmet) hoists a man to safety after he was rescued from the top of a vehicle (lower left) in the flooded streets of New Orleans, Louisiana September 4, 2005. [Reuters]

A man clings to the top of a vehicle before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard from the flooded streets of New Orleans, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in Louisiana September 4, 2005. [Reuters]