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Heroic Efforts Empty New Orleans of Floodwaters

NPR | By John Burnett
Published September 25, 2005 at 10:00 PM MDT
Pump operator Ricky Ray has remained at New Orleans Pumping Station Number Seven (seen in enlargement) almost since Hurricane Katrina struck.
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Pump operator Ricky Ray has remained at New Orleans Pumping Station Number Seven (seen in enlargement) almost since Hurricane Katrina struck.

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John Burnett is the Southwest Correspondent on the National Desk.
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