Last 300 Refugees Leave Superdome Amid a Sea of Stinking Trash, Head for New Temporary Shelter
A man is hoisted to the safety of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter after being rescued from an apartment building in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana Sept. 3, 2005. Those rescued were transported to Louis Armstron
The last 300 refugees in the Superdome climbed aboard buses Saturday bound for new temporary shelter, leaving behind a darkened and stinking arena strewn with trash.
The sight of the last person an elderly man wearing a Houston Rockets cap prompted cheers from members of the Texas National Guard who were guarding the facility.
"I feel like I've been here 40 years," said Louis Dalmas Sr., one of the last people out. "Any bus going anywhere that's all I want."
Inside and outside the Superdome including the concourse around it and a 50-yard bridge that connects it to a shopping center was sea of trash up to 5 feet deep.
