First Place
Richard Alan Hannon The Advocate
"Final Moments"
A Hurricane Katrina victim lies dying outside the
Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Louisiana
State Police trooper Jason Martel of Troop E in Alexandria came to her aid
with an orange, picking her up and away for help, only to have her die
moments later in his arms, he said. Starting with an estimated 16,000-20,000
people and estimated to continue through the night, evacuees were walked
through the lower level of the Hyatt Regency hotel to awaiting
air-conditioned buses that would take them the Houston Astrodome.
