Never-before-heard 911 calls from Hurricane Katrina
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2015
- This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. During the storm, 911 systems were inundated with calls from people in distress. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann shares some of calls and the stories behind them.
May the people who lost their lives in this terrible tragedy rest in peace.
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I was so relieved to hear the woman from that first 911 call survived. People blamed them for not evacuating, but failed to realize a lot of people didn't have anywhere to go or the financial means to do so. Not everybody has a reliable vehicle or money to drive inland to stay at a hotel or even with family or friends. People also didn't think it would be as horrible as it was.
They may also not have wanted to leave their pets....now there is a law that says pets need to be evacuated, too....
Blacks were given Gov handouts left and right, many of them at the time of this happening applied for and received MULTIPLE checks from the Gov. I personally knew of 3 Black Women who scammed the Gov out of over $100,000 on this and they were driving new cars, had nice new clothes and handbags. Typical Suspects and the Gov always helps these type of people out.
@@nulledrust9809 Of course we have you here making this a race thing.
@@whyme3772 if blacks can rub it others faces daily why can't other races talk about it as well? Unless you think only black lives matter like a very small amount of delusional people do.
@@nulledrust9809just because that’s what YOU know, doesn’t mean that there weren’t actual people out there who needed real help. they were barely given a days notice.
This was definitely one of the worst events I’ve witnessed on tv since 9/11.
Me too
Lol 😂
@@salemalameri516 ?
@@salemalameri516 tf?
I second this 😞😞
There’s no way I could be a dispatcher . I would be boohoo crying
I was for 16 days and i quit. Too damn Emotional😩
Sexy Tricey i can imagine 😭
I deadass was debating if I should become a EMT or 911 Dispatcher. I love helping people but I am such a emotional person, I would be crying too 😭
Takes a special person
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it’s sad how today is the 16 anniversary of hurricane Katrina and today hurricane ida made land fall
Its hurricane season. That's what happens.
Almostl like they are seasonal.
This makes my heart hurt.
We're on the same boat.
Bass Mainer literally
Same here
Pretty Loco Moco a good day and a half and half and give
Ashleigh Hatefi
The first caller was so sweet and respectful even in her time of absolute sheer panic I can’t even fathom. Bless her ❤️
I can not imagine the pain that these operators have to go through. Thousands and thousands of phone calls come in, knowing that you can not help many of them. This breaks my heart, god bless them.
During a full evacuation "order" all emergency services are cut off entirely. For a time, there was absolutely *nothing* that could be done. When they say you're on your own, you're on your own.
To think, these women were the last people many spoke to. What a heavy burden.
CBS be like "Let's take a woman up to the attic where she almost died and replay her harrowing 911 call on speaker phone"
Stephanie DeLorenzo lmao savage AF
Hahahahahhahahaaahaha the stupidest thing ever? Haahahahhahaa
Maybe she gave permission to use the audio
TheMan WithNoPlan maybe she died
ExtremeDad she was supposed to show a open wallet. Did anybody took cas from it? They might didn’t like humans allready and perhaps now they don’t trust them too. So it isn’t our place to ask either interfere but just to witness and hopefully withdraw from it’s reciprocated trust.
I am so proud of my people. Even in the face of total destruction with no help on the way, we have a survivor's spirit!
💯
facts
Young Lo nn
Erica Kenny like I said above its ashamed that it takes something like that to bring us all together. No color no this or that we did what we had to and helped our neighbors. We are strong and nothing can stop us when we stand together . Love to all my NO family white black Asian Spanish
Americans🇺🇸
That first phone call broke my heart😔 I’m just happy she survived.
I had no idea that lady from the first call survived... I cried when I hear that call years ago and I just knew her and those kids wasn't going to make it out. So glad they did
These accents off the charts!!
nothing new to us who live here i forget we have an “accent”
I love it I married me one
@@arianator4ever97 ariana stan 🖤
Yuhuurddd
Home sweet home 🖤
"She's alive living in texas" well JESSUSSSS if she 7 still alive pray for her cause Harvey coming.
Riah I live in Houston but what if she doesn’t live in Houston so wtf u mean
It could be lake charles
Dillon Comeaux Lake Charles is in Louisiana.
Dillon Comeaux lake Charles is inn louisiana
This brings back very horrific memories, I survived but I lost several family members and friends, I now cheerish every moment of my life and I'm very grateful to be alive.
10 years? It feels like yesterday
Now it's 25 years
Casperix yup we are living in 2030 I see
@@casperix3741 not it’s not…
@@arianator4ever97 Actually it is
I'm so happy to hear from survivors I'm from Houston I cried all night watching that storm on the news
Moved from a hurricane place to tornado alley....
I don't know where you live in Texas, but my area of the state gets plenty of them.
6ROVE 5IDE Yeah, I'm definitely in a rural area lol. I have a lot of family in Dallas, though, and there have been quite a few up there the past few years. The one that tore up Rowlett last Christmas was close to my grandma's house - damaged her roof, busted my uncle's windows, etc. My brother lives in Stephenville which got hit just this year and narrowly avoided several others. North Texas has had a rough go with storms, lately.
6ROVE 5IDE oh you’re mistaking Texas gets the most tornadoes
Country has nothing to do with tornadoes...it's entirely geographic location. North Texas will get more than the coast.
vane rodriguez Yo hmu
I’m crying now…. 16 years later… Hurricane Ida expected to make landfall 🥲
I’m freaking out 🥺 praying for my fiancé’s entire family in Nola
I live in terrebonne parish. The hurricane path is supposed to hit 2 blocks away from our house. We have evacuated and are now at my aunt's house in Florida. It is my first time ever evacuating for a hurricane. It's so hard to leave your hometown and think maybe my house might not be standing when we get back. My 12th birthday was yesterday and my friend was supposed to sleep over. She came over and we hung out but she couldnt sleep. I cried for 2 hours yesterday my mom cried today and so did my sister. This is a terrible thing. Tomorrow the storm hits and I am so scared I wont be able to sleep. If our house gets bad damage I dont know what we will do but we will come together as a community and figure everything out. Keep everyone in this area in your prayers and stay safe to everyone.
Praying hard right now for the people of Louisiana. AGAIN..
Caroline, you are safe. Pray, ok?
@@missybelmont9830 today is the day the storm hits. I am beyond scared for my family friends and hometown. We are about to go to church where all I will do is pray pray pray. So scared but I am prepared for the worst. Just so glad we got out of there in time. Our drive yesterday took 9 hours because of traffic. Although it was a bad car ride I am overjoyed that so many people are saving themselves by evacuating. My neighbors stayed and my grandparents made the last minute decision to evacuate last night thank God. Keep everyone in your prayers today. It will be a sad one.
There's a heartbreaking story on one of the true scary story narration channels submitted by a 911 operator in Mobile, Alabama who received a call from a woman trapped in her attic. The operator was confused when she couldn't find the cross streets the caller mentioned. Only then did she think to ask what city the call was from and learned she was calling from New Orleans. As the systems crashed, the calls were directed to other cities. The helpless operator could only listen as the woman prayed and cursed and cursed and prayed until the line went dead. She never learned the woman's fate and ended up resigning from 911.
Do you know what channel it was from?
Wasn’t it most amazing top 10 or something?
I almost started crying “I’m only 37 years old” just to think that she thought that would be her resting place to die alone in that attic
When one of my old friends bought a modest house in the city about 10 years ago her father gave her an ax that she kept in the attic just in case.
Never needed it and never flooded catastrophically in her neighborhood since Katrina but not an easily forgotten experience.
Listened to this all night on WWL radio after the levees broke. It changed me forever.
14 years later and I still remember it clearly. I had a classmate move from Louisiana to Charleston afterwards and he told us his cat was trapped in their house as the water rose. It still hurts my heart
Omg ... The cat ..... 🙄
That breaks my heart! I can't imagine having to lose my pet and knowing I can't save them..
@@neshanee318 why did you put the rolling eyes face?
@@gachadlll3530 bc ppl died .. humans.. if your focus is an animal…There’s no conversation here
@@neshanee318 you'll get ignored for animals in these situations fs
Thank god an bless these families. The woman who helped her diabetic mom is a trooper. The uncle who saved his sister an nieces a true hero. All of the people survived are hero’s an bless the souls we lost
I feel like these are going to haunt me forever
15 years later and New Orleans still hasn’t recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Now we have Hurricane Zeta coming towards it.
Omfg prayers
Tears in my eyes watching these clips
Thank you ladies for standing your post even though you couldn't really send anybody . I was in a boat for days after rescuing people . What tall did was provide a certain level of hope thank yall for your time .
Amen. A voice in the darkness so they are not alone.
This shit fucks me up man. It really does seeing this just hurts
So sad to hear these calls. I can't imagine hearing voices in distress and faced with death. 😔
Them saying that the lady that got stuck in the attic is now living in texas, makes me sad because now she's going through that again.
I was in 4th grade in south ms the eye came directly above us this hurricane was horrible
The eye is the least destructive
BluJuiice no shit dumbass we still had the tail end of it
+xd lel oh your so scary with you UA-cam runnin mouth p rolly 12 years old that was just born when Katrina hit
+chandler Miller i was 3 months when it hit... Im 10 X3
+BluJuiice That isn't entirely true... though the eye is the least destructive, the eye wall surrounding the eye has the strongest force winds and is undoubtedly the most dangerous.
Even now still so heartbreaking!
This is heartbreaking and I can’t even imagine what they’ve been through .
God have mercy on us
I’m happy the First Lady survives I hope she made it through Harvey
I survived hurricane Harvey thanks for bringing back horror memories😑😑
@@yasssqueenitsjulia6123 She didn't mean too
@@yasssqueenitsjulia6123 deal with it
@@yasssqueenitsjulia6123 Harvey was no were near as bad as Katrina lmao 😂 quit bitching
Its ashamed that it takes something so terrifying as this to realize we are all people and knock down the walls that divide . It shows you that when we all stand as people undivided that we can do and overcome anything .
I heard there were almost 1800 that passed
Lady Kandyce it was
They were only focused on new Orleans and their death toll..they forgot about Mississippi and Alabama and Florida's ...the forget we got the worst part of the storm over here in ms
Candyce Evette it was more than 1800. It was 1,833 but no one knows for sure due to bodies missing. So it could’ve been more.
@kawhi Leonard Over 200 died in Mississippi, the entire MS coastline was gutted, storm surge peaked at 32 feet in isolated areas, and your telling me Mississippi isn't that important smfh
Maybe they should've left when they were offered to leave.
and the first responders who were shot at trying to help disgusts me to this day
I'll never forget about the Hurricane Katrina rest in peace for all the victims who going through all the major tragedy hope they get through for a better day may they rest in peace
I was 5 when this happened in 2005
I was 2
Pray for me here :(
How were people gonna leave with no where to go or no way to pay for anything? 🥺 I had my first baby Aug 19 2005. My Uncle Glen lived in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina. We tried to help him and send some money so he could leave but we were too late. He drowned. We were contacted later and were able to get his body for burial. He wanted to leave but couldn't. The storm and water were both just too powerful.
Sad there was no help
my mom is actually a survivor of this tragic event.. they evacuated to an hotel which also was falling apart , she lost everything in that home.. she was 16 at the time. the hotel was flooded the roof was being ripped away..
My math teacher was teaching at a school in new orleans 2 months before the hurricane struck. She lost contact with most of the people in the school since the people died.
Edit: my math teacher was glad to survive cuz she went back to my country 2 months before the hurricane struck.
I remember I was at the laundry met off West Esplanade and Williams when the Jeff parish president was on the tv that Saturday around 11 am saying bring enough food and water if you go the last resort place, the Superdome. They were not there to feed you, he said. I can't be the only one that saw that message from him televised. Do anyone else remember?
i remember!! we went to alabama to stay with family, my dad ended up coming back after it passed thru to start working and he was required to help out with the super dome situation and rebuilding
I’m shocked they actually had phone lines! I mean I think BEING THERE w ppl in their last moments like these 911 dispatchers were, was all they could do at that point. Just don’t let them die alone.
They tell you to evacuate that's the best thing to do
But the people where real poor in that city, and they didn’t have cars.
And go where?
Prayers to those lost during Hurricane Katrina PS it's always a musical in New Orleans news lady
"682?" THERE WERE WAYYYY MORE WHO DIED WOMAN!!!!!!
Way more a lot of unaccounted a professor said they confused the missing with the deceased. So sad folks passed on unclaimed by family omg
She meant specifically there
Really? How many did actually die? 🙄
Wtf@end music? That shit did not belong
Christopher Wheeler An ice cream truck I think.....but you're right, inappropriate.....could have waited for it to pass.
Christopher Wheeler it came from the riverboat that has an air organ, but yeah they could’ve waited to shoot until the song was over.
It's someone playing the steam organ on the famous Natchez Steamboat of New Orleans and it's always there. 😋 He is standing beside the Mississippi River in the French Quarter. I agree, it sounds funny considering the subject haha. They should've shown it in the frame so people can understand 😅 Even me who is from New Orleans was confused for a split second! 😂
1:25... woman is like “wtf dude, people were about to die!” 😂
"Shes alive living in texas" it must be everywhere she goes she starts hurricanes
Almighty_J Breezyy right
I remember hearing some of these calls during the storm and felt so sorrowful for them.
Poor lady. She lives in Texas with a bad hurricane now
Thank guy for the rescuers
Lesson learned....when you are advised to leave, leave.
Leave with what? a lot of these people had no money, didn't have a car, nowhere to go. How were they going to leave? What with their good looks?
God bless everyone , be safe and may these levees hold - Hurricane Ida 2021
An uncle saved them after three days. No police. No help. No one. Wtf. How did this happen
The people who are staying for Hurricane Florence need to see this. Some refuse to evacuate and emergency officials warned them that they will be on there own.
God this made me cry😭😭
Sending the love and healing energy to the many who suffered or remained traumatized from this. God said he will remove the pain and trauma if you ask him for the light.
I never forget the date of hurricane Katrina. I was born during the storm. I'm turning eleven on the 30th of this month.
katrina hit on the 29th.
Emily D. u just had to ruin this kid's dreams...😑nothing better than stooping to a child's level I guess
I'm not sure how that ruined her dreams, but okay.
How could this have happened here? Damn shame!!
The sound of the calliope at the end of this video is simply the friendliest sound on Earth 🌎
the way the United States Government responded to NOLA is just deplorable. i’m so embarrassed.
Every time there is an earthquake I climb into the attic, safest place for any natural disaster.
As someone who has been expiriencing a lot of earthquakes lately, I can tell you that you should NEVER go up during one. The best thing to do is to stand under a doorway or to run outside far from any buildings.
@@fatcat574 Well I growed up in Southern California so I won't take your advice to run outside since that's never recommended
Not a tornado
When she he she was alive I damn near cried that's amazing
I don't think these residents expected the levees to break that's why they thought it wasn't gonna be as bad as it was but you never know.
That's exactly what happened. People need to learn how hard evacuating really is. The storm hit as a Cat 3, it should never have been as bad as it was. Thank you for understanding.
911 operator is only there to sweet talk while you're drowning.
I mean, for the situation that she was in, what could she do to save her?
It’s been 14 years
15 now
I'm going to need that music at the end...
It sounds creepy and nice
I can’t believe they let that many people die
Watching this before Ida 2021… I pray this doesn’t happen again.
me too, im on the gulf coast and looking at a tropical storm, but I have friends in New Orleans who are going to take a hard hit, the only thing we can do is pray
Way more people then 600 died.
New Orleans has come a long way since then. we visited Miami and passing through new Orleans was truly sad...i saw videos of how the residence were treated after wards and omg....so sad...
Sippi was hit wayyy wors more died . But we got left in the dark
Last summer, we had also people in distress through massive flooding and surges caused by a 'water bomb'. There were also people blocked in their homes, in some cases people committed suicide (through hanging) rather than drown
I was born during hurricane Katrina💀🙏🏽
After i was born 3 minutes later a tornado happens my parents hugged eachother and shelter me while the wind hit us hardly
kayle oofz what were you born at home?
Me; born during the beginning of the IrAq War
Brother was born a few months after Katrina , November
thecoolan NishatK. You read horoscopes huh?
Who cares
And yet Hurricane Harvey is yet to haunt me.
Heartbreaking
It’s sad how they just record and don’t help them...
So what were the supposed to do bru there was a hurricane outside
It’s criminal that she didn’t evacuate her mother
They should build really strong pop up tents on roofs that can withstand wind and also keep supply in it just in case
Prayers
Wow really?? There were over 2000 people that lost thier lives, news media need to get it right.
600 people in new orleans. 2000 total in the whole country. You need to learn how to use common sense
Kevin Lu l Storm Chasing Excuse me!! for your information, I am from Louisiana, I live in Louisiana and I was in Metairie working evacuation before and after Katrina.. Anyone from Louisiana knows there were more than 2000 people that lost thier lives during this storm. Bodies were still being recovered months later.. Do not insult my intelligence!! My comment was directed toward the Katrina death toll, not the nation... Find someone else to play with, cause I am not the one..
Wow :(
i can’t remember the name of the book but i read a book about people in katrina who would call the police just to talk to someone before they died
Same thing happened in Tacloban city during Typhoon Haiyan, 7000 dead
In 2015 we were all horrified by the sheer Volumetric wave of the water and the Ocean.
God Speed to all those people who died way back in the year 2005.
Thank God Ghana does not have such terrible weather conditions out there as we know the year 2005 has passed,
Turned 18 helping people in Katrina 82nd AIRBORNE 1st time I seen a dead body
I remember Hurricane Matthew this year
Awesome Dudeman yea it was over hyped
When I heard that she was alive I started crying
My principal said that when Hurricane Donna hit New Jersey he and his friends were watching in terror.
Here 2 days before ida makes landfall. Pray for our city.
So many people died that they had to knock on every door when the water subsided. They began marking homes with an ominous "X" denoting how many bodies were found in the home.
682 some how I feel that number is widely incorrect!!!
Carnival music at the end is just Erie
Makes me think of what you’d here at six flags if it was open during the raging water.
I live in Mississippi 😌 Biloxi,Gulfport and Louisiana,etc were flouded my house was everything was destroyed 😭 floods were about 18 feet tall it was a horrible thing 😌😌
Where did all that water come from?
Was it like a Tsunami or?
Storm surge. Wind pushes the water in from the ocean, but also the levee on the lake broke
When the city tells you to evacuate it means it's going to be bad don't think about not having no place to go this storm will take your life
Was the water salty does anyone know or was it fresh rain water?
Kaden Lerma It was full of sewage, oil, gas, chemicals etc.. But I think lake Pontchartrain is brackish freshwater and not saltwater.