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A U.S. Coast Guard airboat returns to a local staging area in New Orleans, La., with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 8, 2005. The evacuees will be taken to a shelter after undergoing a medical exam.

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A U.S. Coast Guard airboat returns to a local staging area in New Orleans, La., with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 8, 2005. The evacuees will be taken to a shelter after undergoing a medical exam.

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