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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. Residents of the 9th ward rescued from submerged homes are immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. A young resident is delighted to be rescued from her submerged home. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. A man is rescued from his rooftop, having smashed his way out as flood waters rose.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
    29aug05-hurricane katrina026.JPG
  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10.  An elderly resident of the 9th ward rescued from his submerged home is immediately transported onto Interstate 10 and waiting paramedics.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10. A man is rescued from his rooftop, having smashed his way out as flood waters rose.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rising flood waters of the 9th ward, bringing them to relevant safety on the elevated section of I-10  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. A victim of the catastrophic flooding bobs amidst the debris in the murky waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers collect Faith Figueroa (1yrs), saved by local police and firefighters from her family's flooded home in the 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Scared and relieved, 4yr old Anfernya Figueroa is rescued from the 9th ward after it disappeared under water.Fern was saved by local police and firefighters using boats to reach victims of the flooding.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. A victim of the catastrophic flooding bobs amidst the debris in the murky waters of the 9th ward. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Rescue workers collect Faith Figueroa (1yrs), saved by local police and firefighters from her family's flooded home in the lower 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Ryan Parry of London's Daily Mirror stands on the elevated section of I-10, bearing witness to the destruction of Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 13th March 1994. Bristol, England, Great Britain.<br />
Sunday Times, London. Front page.<br />
Ordination of women priests. <br />
This was my first ever broad sheet front page, one that hadn't come easily. Earlier in the day I had been dispatched to Bristol Cathedral to cover history in the making. For the first time in 450 years, the Anglican Church had taken the bold and at the time extremely controversial descision to ordain women priests. The world's media descended on the story. In a frantic afternoon I covered events in the lead up to the big event. Lots of pomp and ceremony, but the main event was to come later in the day. I sent my film back to the bureau of South West News Service with my then deputy photo editor. A little later later I got a frantic call, my film was shit, thin and all washed out. Nothing could be used. WTF did I think I was playing at? 'Get your shit together or get another f''king job,' the deputy photo editor screamed down the phone. This was a bit rich for a man who rarely left the office and wasn't rated that highly as a shooter by my colleagues. A classic rookie mistake. I had been shooting an event the previous evening and bumped the ISO of my film, forgetting to reset it the following day. I was devastated. My girlfriend at the time was mad at me, yet again I had missed a dinner party in London. She was reaching the end of her tether, keys would be under the mat yet again! But the main event hadn't happened yet. Not until the Bishop handed them the official papers would the ladies formally be the first women priests to be ordained. The press had been banned from the catacombs of the great cathedral, yet a TV cameraman friend of mine from ITV and I had discovered a way down earlier in the day. We took a huge gamble to ignore the main event upstairs, instead opting to hang out in the catacombs where we knew the ceremony would be finalized despite the media ban. We risked being thrown out and getting nothing at all. I didn't have much to lose but my
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  • 9th December, 2005. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva and family at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled aroud their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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