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Heroic Efforts Empty New Orleans of Floodwaters

NPR | By John Burnett
Published September 26, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT
Pump operator Ricky Ray has remained at New Orleans Pumping Station Number Seven (seen in enlargement) almost since Hurricane Katrina struck.
Anne Hawke, NPR
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
John Burnett is the Southwest Correspondent on the National Desk.
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