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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Hawkins retrieves a survivor of Hurricane Katrina from a rooftop in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 5, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Hawkins retrieves a survivor of Hurricane Katrina from a rooftop.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Hawkins retrieves a survivor of Hurricane Katrina from a rooftop in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 5, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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