Henry Winter is helped on shore as he and his wife, Heloise Winter, shown in boat, were rescued from their lower 9th Ward home by the NOPD Swat officers after flooding from Hurricane Katrina Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. Man helping Henry is not IDed. (Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle
Henry Winter is helped onto a National Guard truck after he and his wife, Heloise Winter, right, were rescued from their lower 9th Ward home by the NOPD Swat officers after flooding from Hurricane Katrina Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle
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Home in the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans that was destroyed by a fire despite being surrounded by flood waters Hurricane Katrina Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle
NOPD Swat Officers Lt. Todd Morrel, left, Lt. Chris Mandry, right, maneuver a rescue boat between flooded homes in the lower 9th Ward as New Orleans Times Picayune photographer Alex Brandon holds onto Lois Rice Monday, Aug. 29, 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. The officers cut a hole in the roof to rescue Lois Rice rom her flooded home. She floated on an air matress to her attic. The neighbor on next roof gave the officers a ironing board for them to use as a stretcher. She cannot walk. (Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle /