Joe Fincher
Contributor and Captain, New Orleans Fire Department:
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
Capt. Joe Fincher and Capt. Paul Hellmers, from the New Orleans Fire Department, were the first to document and report the breach in the 17th Street Canal levee on the morning of Monday, Aug 29. Capt. Fincher and his crew of firefighters and civilian volunteers supported search-and-rescue efforts during Hurricane Katrina by evacuating patients out of Lindy Boggs Hospital.