Sandbag drops to contain levees

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Collection

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Sept. 29, 2005)- A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Kodiak, Alaska, based out of Air Station Houston drops a sandbag to repair a damaged levee. The Coast Guard dropped 18,000 pounds of sand while working hand in hand with the National Guard to reconstruct the breeched levees. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Christopher Evanson \r\n

Citation

“Sandbag drops to contain levees,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed May 19, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2427.