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Stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina sit inside the Superdome in New Orleans.

Mary Ann Dixon (R) weeps as she hears that she will be seperated from her children on buses leaving the Superdome. Dixon was later reunited with her children and allowed to travel with them on the same bus.

U.S. Army National Guard soldiers attempt to assist stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina outside the New Orleans Convention Center.

A woman's body floats in the floodwaters by the Superdome.

A man is placed in an Army truck filled with survivors rescued from their Ninth Ward homes in New Orleans.

Daryl Thompson holds his daughter Dejanae, 3 months, as they wait with other stranded victims on a highway in the hopes of catching a ride out of town after Hurricane Katrina.

A resident walks past a burning house fire in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans.

A woman is carried in a bedsheet after being rescued while trapped in her home in the Ninth Ward.

Summary, Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects on the people of New Orleans were felt long after the storm's 140mph winds had passed. Those forgotten were left to fight for their lives when the levees failed, leading to more than 1,000 deaths and…

When the Tsunami came, Maridiah escaped drowning to death by climbing on to the boat that came floating by the house where she were standing in water to her neck on the second floor. When the water came down the boat settled on top of the house and…