Photo Gallery: Katrina's Aftermath, Week Two

Aerial View of New Orleans
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September 5, 2005Air Force National Guard soldiers shield stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina as they wait to be airlifted from a highway overpass in New Orleans. An estimated 1.5 million people are displaced due to the devastation along the Gulf Coast caused by the hurricane.

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