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Published December 10, 2009, 12:00 AM

DECADE'S END: Food and water drop (2005)


SEPT. 1, 2005: A U.S. military helicopter makes a food and water drop to survivors of Hurricane Katrina near the Convention Center in New Orleans. At an estimated $81 billion in property damage, it is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But to many, especially to those in greater New Orleans, this catastrophe was anything but an act of God. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)




Read the article: DECADE'S END: The natural disaster made worse by man