In this AFP-Yahoo caption accompanying an earlier photo of the damaged Superdome, posted Wed Aug 31, 2:29 AM ET, note that the media's concern was not for the people who took refuge inside the Superdome, but for the New Orleans Saints football team.
This 29 August, 2005 image shows damage to the roof of the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. American football's New Orleans Saints could be marching out of the storm-damaged Superdome and moving next week's workouts for their season opener to Texas because of damage here from Hurricane Katrina.
August 29, President Bush,pledged government aid for victims of killer Hurricane Katrina along the devastated Gulf Coast and said help was on the way.