The rescue record · chapter 11 of 12
2020
Hurricane Laura
August 2020. Hurricane Laura hit southwest Louisiana at Category 4 — among the strongest landfalls in the state's history, with entire communities unlivable overnight.
How Ryan was involved · from the record
Welfare checks and cleanup, house by house — and reconnecting distraught mothers with their stranded children.
Source: the biography filed as Exhibit 288 in United States v. Nichols — read it in full →
Why it matters
After the wind, the record is about people finding each other. Laura is the reunification chapter.
Pictures & footage
Photos and footage from this deployment are being added from the archive. Were you there — rescued, rescuing, or watching? Your pictures and video belong in this record.
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