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Winners Gallery | Natural Disaster | Award of Excellence
First Place
Richard Alan Hannon The Advocate
"Final Moments"
Second Place
Melissa Phillip The Houston Chronicle
"KATRINA PATIENT"
Third Place
Ramsay de Give Brooks Institute of Photography
"INFERNO"
Award of Excellence
Michael Ainsworth The Dallas Morning News
"Evacuees"
Award of Excellence
Bruce Chambers The Orange County Register
"Katrina Rescue"
Award of Excellence
Carolyn Cole The Los Angeles Times
"EXHAUSTED BUT ALIVE"
Award of Excellence
Jan Dago Morgenavisen Jyllands Posten
"Helping Hand"
Award of Excellence
Vincent Laforet The New York Times
Award of Excellence
Vincent Laforet The New York Times
Award of Excellence
Michael Macor The San Francisco Chronicle
Award of Excellence
James Nielsen Agence France-Presse
Award of Excellence
Smiley N. Pool The Dallas Morning News
Award of Excellence
Smiley N. Pool The Dallas Morning News
"DEVASTATION FROM THE SKY"
Award of Excellence
Benjamin Sklar The Associated Press
"HURRICANE KATRINA"
Award of Excellence
Mario Tama Getty Images
"Bedsheet Rescue"
Award of Excellence
Mario Tama Getty Images
"Underwater and On Fire"
Award of Excellence
Bruce Chambers The Orange County Register
"Katrina Rescue" Specialist Alfredo Ramos, a National Guard soldier from a San Diego unit, center, lifts Edgar Hollingsworth, 74, onto an ambulance gurney in front of his home. New Orleans Medics, National Guardsmen and members of the FEMA California Task Force 5 Search and Rescue team of Orange County, Calif., surround the man who was rescued 15 days after Hurricane Katrina ravaged his New Orleans neighborhood. Tuesday, just before noon, the medical team from the California Task Force 5 Search and Rescue team responded to a medical call of a man found in his Broadmoor District home. They treated Hollingsworth on the scene for severe dehydration and transported him to the hospital. Members of the National Guard, 2-185 artillery, based in San Diego, Calif. spotted Hollingsworth through his front window and assumed he was dead but entered his home to check and found him barely alive. In doing so they violated a FEMA rule forbidding forced entry into private homes. Earlier in the day, a FEMA rescue team had knocked on Hollingsworth's door and moved on. Hollingsworth died two days later with his family at his beside at Ochsner Hospital.
 

 

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