Unreleased footage of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans fire department documentary

Not watching unless new footage of Lootie available

Took them a week to rescue the New Oleans fire dept fricking crazy shite.

The firefighter who shot all that video died in the line of duty in December of 2005. Those final clips at the end of the video must have been shot right before he died. The guy was talking about his wife and child at one point in the video. Really sad to see that then read the obit.

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Richard McCurley Obituary McCURLEY Richard ""Ricky'' B. McCurley, age 33, Captain of Engine 4 in New Orleans East, died in the line of duty on Friday, December 2, 2005 while responding to an emergency call. Cherished husband of Kyndel Peacock McCurley and devoted father to Richard ""Kai'' McCurley. Sworn in as Captain on September 4, 2005 at the bottom of the Crescent City Connection Bridge, Ricky was instrumental in helping save many lives during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by performing heroic search and rescue missions. His passion and dedication as a firefighter were unparalleled, second only to his devotion as Kyndel's husband and his love of being Kai's daddy.

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Three months after surviving Hurricane Katrina in one of the most ravaged areas of New Orleans east, a young fire captain was killed. You can see the remarkable videotape that Captain Richard McCurley shot as he and his fire team worked during the worst week of Katrina by clicking the link below: "Katrina's Story: Captain Richard McCurley - Part 1". T he hardest part for the crew was not the storm, but to say goodbye to a hero and a friend. Captain McCurley was killed when his fire truck was smashed at an intersection in New Orleans east last December. He was responding to a routine gas leak, so common after the storm.

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How many landfalls did Katrina make? 4? 1 in Florida, 1 in Mississippi, 2 in Louisiana?

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pretty serious foreshadowing

Good video. Pretty impressive how the firefighters kept their cool and went about the job. I know the first firefighter on the jet ski talking about 150 stranded people became a captain.

I grew up two blocks from the building they staged in. I have an aunt who worked in the BellSouth building. She still lives on Michoud.

“Found footage” videos are always intriguing. Not sure if it’s been mentioned but i watched and then read that the guy who made the video was promoted to captain then killed in the line of duty within months of making it. ETA saw that it’s been noted already. Dangerous times.