Hurrikan Katrina: Wettlauf gegen die Zeit - Jenseits der Hoffnung - Report / Geschichte

Crowds of stranded New Orleans residents gather at the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Buses line up on a flooded street in New Orleans, procured to evacuate residents following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Big Chief Kevin Goodman is a cultural ambassador, coming from a family immersed in the rich traditions of the 7th Ward Black Masking Indian (also referred to as Mardi Gras Indian) culture, which blends African, Native American, and Creole influences. During Katrina, weakened from days without food and water, Goodman bravely held his months-old twin nieces in his arms as he stood in front of news cameras to report the reality of what was happening at the Convention Center. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural.

Crowds of stranded residents and National Guardsmen gather outside the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Crowds of stranded New Orleans residents gather outside of the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Two miliary members attend to person lying on a cot in the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, La.

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, Lt. General Russel Honoré served as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina and is widely credited for reestablishing order and evacuating the Superdome. Prioritizing rescues, care and dignity for people left stranded, he quickly won great acclaim when he ordered National Guard troops to lower their weapons. With emotional accounts of survivors and immersive archival footage, National Geographic's Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time reveals Hurricane Katrina as a disaster that was anything but natural.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Eddie Compass speaks at a press conference following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Military members push an elderly in a bellhop cart outside the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, La.