NEW ORLEANS —

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects on the city of New Orleans and surrounding communities.

After the storm made landfall in August 2005, countless first responders jumped into action to save lives. Advertisement

Many of their stories were recorded by The Historic New Orleans Collection in an effort to preserve them for future research and reflection.

Mark Cave, with THNOC, told WDSU that in total, about 500 oral history interviews were conducted with local first responders and also out-of-state first responders who came to New Orleans to help with recovery efforts.

"We see that as our job here, to create historical record for the community, so we wanted this immense archive that would allow researchers in the future to come here

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