My Experience

Our whole group just got done watching videos composed by Sgt. Marshall Pierre. It was a touching first hand account of what he went through when Hurricane Katrina came through New Orleans. He worked at Charity Hospital, which was left without power and water. He had live footage of the water levels in relation to the hospital, displaced people coming in and out of the building while trying to reach higher ground, and the whole hospital atmosphere that was going on. Temperatures reached 100 degrees at midnight, the hospital was still really dark inside even though it was during the day, and water levels were so high that people started moving up to the second and third floors. Help arrived on the third day, but stopped after shootings occurred. The hospital banded together to survive through five days of heat, smell, rations of food and water, no electricity, and rising tensions. They all came together to raise morale and save as many lives as they could. By the fifth day, help finally came for good and everyone was evacuated. Marshall Pierre was rewarded for his bravery, courage, and strength of will to stay and help the patients and coworkers when all help and hope seemed lost.