• U.S. Home

Rescue Effort Ramped Up

Aid on Way to New Orleans

• AP
• AP
• AP/The Oklahoman
• AP/Pool
• AP
• AP
• AP/Pool
• AP/Pool
• AP
• AP
• AP
• AP
• AP/The Sun Herald
• AP
• AP/Marietta Daily Journal

• Sept. 2: Men board a Chinook helicopter with a small box of food after being rescued in New Orleans.
• Sept. 2: Military police from the U.S. Air Force take up positions near the ferry ramp in downtown New Orleans.
• Sept. 2: Red Cross employee Van Downing collects donations for Katrina victims at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.
• Sept. 2: U.S. Coast Guard helicopters prepare for rescue operations in New Orleans.
• Sept. 2: Brian Breseman, left, and Dave Everett of the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL team, prep items for Katrina victims.
• Sept. 2: U.S. Army flight surgeon Capt. Devry C. Anderson holds a dog after it was rescued with its owner in New Orleans.
• Sept. 2: Thousands wait to be evacuated outside the Superdome in New Orleans.
• Sept. 2: A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over New Orleans homes during search and rescue operations.
• Sept. 2: Oregon National Guard soldiers are processed in Portland, Ore., in preparation for heading to Louisiana.
• Sept. 2: Staff Sgt. Scott Dean passes a convoy of trucks from the Ky. National Guard ready to head to help Katrina victims.
• Sept. 2: Heavily armed members of the New Orleans police department patrol past Harrah's Casino.
• Sept. 2: Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher talks to the Kentucky National Guard in Frankfort, Ky., before they join aid effort.
• Sept. 2: President Bush comforts Debra Foster in Biloxi, Miss.
• Sept. 2: An injured woman receives aid on the sidewalk near the convention center in downtown New Orleans.
• Sept. 2: Two refugees from New Orleans rest at a shelter in Powder Springs, Ga.