Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
On August 29, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina cleared New Orleans, every available Coast Guard helicopter launched into the storm to rescue stranded families. Amid tropical-force winds still swirling, a Coast Guard Air Station New Orlean’s helicopter aircrew rescued a 4-month old infant, her mother, and grandmother stranded in deep flood waters in lower Plaquemines Parish at 2:50pm that day.
Their home had stood since 1876, but Katrina's storm surge quickly swallowed the second floor.
At the height of the response, the Coast Guard was rescuing 100 people an hour by air.
This is one of their stories of courage and hope.
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Connect with the U.S. Coast Guard online:
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On August 29, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina cleared New Orleans, every available Coast Guard helicopter launched into the storm to rescue stranded families. Amid tropical-force winds still swirling, a Coast Guard Air Station New Orlean’s helicopter aircrew rescued a 4-month old infant, her mother, and grandmother stranded in deep flood waters in lower Plaquemines Parish at 2:50pm that day.
Their home had stood since 1876, but Katrina's storm surge quickly swallowed the second floor.
At the height of the response, the Coast Guard was rescuing 100 people an hour by air.
This is one of their stories of courage and hope.
Thanks for watching!
Interested in joining the U.S. Coast Guard?
Visit: gocoastguard.com
Connect with the U.S. Coast Guard online:
Web: https://www.uscg.mil
MyCG: https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/
Facebook: facebook.com/UScoastguard
Twitter: twitter.com/uscg
Instagram: instagram.com/uscg
