Firestorm: Hurricane Katrina and the St. Bernard Fire Department
"Ms. Buuck has taken on the task of capturing the experience of these victims--our first responders--and putting words to their journey. It's a story that needed to be told so people could remember and could feel the tension in the shoulders of these heroes as they faced the uncertainty of the very community they sacrificed everything to save." --Craig P. Taffaro, Jr., president, St. Bernard Parish "Dedication, compassion, ingenuity, and selflessness were taken to a new level by the St. Bernard firefighters in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Even more amazing is that the firefighters could rescue and take care of residents knowing that they had lost everything they owned and while facing uncertainty about their families. That they operated under that stress level makes these stories even more remarkable!" --Danny L. Todd, vice president, International Association of Fire Fighters Fourteenth District "Ms. Buuck's book vividly brings to life what this tragedy meant for people, both those in harm's way and the courageous public servants who helped them." --Richard P. Nathan, Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York "One bright spot in this disaster has been author Michelle Buuck. I cannot thank her enough for what she is doing for St. Bernard Parish. She is taking our story and making us a part of American history." --Thomas Stone, fire chief, St. Bernard Parish Fire Department Michelle Mahl Buuck was born and raised in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans. She served on the board of directors of Nunez Community College's History Lecture Series for three years and has written for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans, reporting on community news for St. Bernard Parish.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.