Thousands of men, women and children piled up, without water or food, at the Superdome stadium, families taking refuge on the roof of their house surrounded by the waves to write SOS messages there.
Images of the desolation following Hurricane Katrina and the breaking of the New Orleans levees in August 2005 are fondly remembered.
It's one of those tragedies that
Five Days at Memorial
recounts .
With oppressive rigor and tension, this miniseries from Apple TV+ looks back on the difficult decisions made by doctors trapped with their patients and a thousand civilians in a hospital without electricity or food.
A camera that ended with the death of 45 patients and a grueling investigation.
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Lost
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12 Years a Slave
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