© 2026
A Public Service of Santa Fe Community College
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
The KSFR Fall Fund Drive is October 12 - 18. Please help us out by hitting the Donate Now! button at the top of this page. Thank you.

Heroic Efforts Empty New Orleans of Floodwaters

NPR | By John Burnett
Published September 25, 2005 at 10:00 PM MDT
Pump operator Ricky Ray has remained at New Orleans Pumping Station Number Seven (seen in enlargement) almost since Hurricane Katrina struck.
Anne Hawke, NPR
Pump operator Ricky Ray has remained at New Orleans Pumping Station Number Seven (seen in enlargement) almost since Hurricane Katrina struck.

Copyright 2005 NPR
NPR News
John Burnett
John Burnett is the Southwest Correspondent on the National Desk.