Hurricane Katrina - Nightline (ABC) - first aerial views and "Brownie"
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[0:00] We did not expect to see the damage that
[0:02] we saw when we came into the town, Ted.
[0:04] We approached from the west from the
[0:05] Lafayette area and as we came in over
[0:08] what they are calling the bowl right
[0:09] now, just south of the Pontchartrain and
[0:12] just north of New Orleans, we were
[0:13] stunned by the amount of water and the
[0:15] widespread flooding that occurred in
[0:17] that area. Thousands upon thousands of
[0:19] homes were were flooded completely up to
[0:22] the roof lines. It was absolutely an
[0:23] amazing sight. Uh the only other
[0:25] helicopters in the area were Coast Guard
[0:27] helicopters and we were working with
[0:29] them and and trying to coordinate and
[0:30] help them with rescues by picking out
[0:32] and pointing out rooftops with our high
[0:33] definition Cineflex camera system. So,
[0:36] we moved into the area and we just saw
[0:37] immense damage everywhere and it was it
[0:39] was breathtaking.
[0:41] >> Now, the uh the most dramatic piece of
[0:43] video is of course a a uh Coast Guard
[0:46] helicopter rescue that was affected and
[0:48] that you caught on camera. Just talk us
[0:50] through that for a moment and as you're
[0:52] talking us through that, was this the
[0:54] only rescue or were there other people
[0:56] on rooftops who were pulled out of
[0:57] there?
[0:58] >> Well, this was the only rescue that we
[0:59] had seen and we were working closely
[1:01] with the Coast Guard and one of the
[1:02] reasons we are here is to help uh to
[1:04] help provide imaging for FEMA and for
[1:06] the Coast Guard with high def aerial
[1:08] system that we have. So, we were working
[1:10] closely with the Coast Guard and they
[1:11] asked us to come over and take a look at
[1:12] some of t