![[Hurricane Katrina] Baker, La., October 24, 2006 - Security Team members Nicholas Nowak (l) and Andrew Williams (r) receive honorary positions with the city of Baker in recognition of their rescue of an elderly woman from a burning trailer at FEMA's Renaissance Village park. The men braved flames to carry the woman out of her home after she had fallen asleep and did not hear the smoke detector alarm. Keith Riggs/FEMA.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDYvMTAvMjQvaHVycmljYW5lLWthdHJpbmEtYmFrZXItbGEtb2N0b2Jlci0yNC0yMDA2LXNlY3VyaXR5LXRlYW0tbWVtYmVycy1uaWNob2xhcy1ub3dhay0wMzlkZGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/240/jpg "[Hurricane Katrina] Baker, La., October 24, 2006 - Security Team members Nicholas Nowak (l) and Andrew Williams (r) receive honorary positions with the city of Baker in recognition of their rescue of an elderly woman from a burning trailer at FEMA's Renaissance Village park. The men braved flames to carry the woman out of her home after she had fallen asleep and did not hear the smoke detector alarm. Keith Riggs/FEMA.")
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[Hurricane Katrina] Baker, La., October 24, 2006 - Security Team members Nicholas Nowak (l) and Andrew Williams (r) receive honorary positions with the city of Baker in recognition of their rescue of an elderly woman from a burning trailer at FEMA's Renaissance Village park. The men braved flames to carry the woman out of her home after she had fallen asleep and did not hear the smoke detector alarm. Keith Riggs/FEMA.
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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1450 - 1650
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The U.S. National Archives
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