Hurricane Katrina | We Were Here | 4

Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

At long last, the government’s rescue effort kicks into high gear and buses arrive to evacuate people from New Orleans. But it’s too late for many residents, who died in their homes waiting to be rescued. Thousands of people’s lives are shattered, and the damage to the city is extensive, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods like the Lower Ninth Ward.

Listen early and ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/againsttheodds.

Support us by supporting our sponsors!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	A listener note, against the odds, uses dramatizations that are based on true events.
0:06.4	Some elements, including dialogue, may be invented, but everything is based on research.
0:18.7	Dr. Kierstsek Hertzberg stands on a ramp at the ambulance bay, a charity hospital in New
0:23.5	Orleans.
0:24.8	She watches as a National Guard truck slowly makes its way towards her through the flooded
0:29.8	street.
0:30.8	The water has subsided somewhat, but there's still several feet of it around the hospital.
0:36.3	She taps her foot, impatiently clicking her pen.
0:39.6	It's the afternoon of Thursday, September 1, 2005.
0:44.1	The scrub she's wearing are stiff with dried sweat, and about three shades darker than
0:49.1	they were when she first put them on five days ago.
0:52.4	Along with hundreds of patients and other staff, she's been stranded here at Charity since
0:57.1	her can't train to hit the city in the early morning hours of Monday, August 29th.
1:02.9	Keeping her patients alive under these conditions has been the hardest challenge of her life.
1:08.4	She glances up at the military helicopters evacuating Tulane Medical Center, the private
1:13.6	hospital across the street from Charity.
1:16.3	It didn't surprise Kierstsek or her patients that the fancier hospital with wealthier and
1:21.9	predominantly white patients was the first to get evacuated.
1:26.4	The National Guard is finally here, and now the evacuation of Charity can begin.
1:32.5	The truck stops and the passenger side door opens.
1:35.8	A young man steps out, decked out, and full combat gear.
1:39.8	Helmet, goggles, bulletproof vest.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.