No Ordinary Heroes
8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7,000 Prisoners and a Category 5 Hurricane
By Diana Gallagher; Richard Demaree Inglese
(Citadel, Hardcover, 9780806528311, 400pp.)
Publication Date: July 31, 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback
Categories: Disasters & Disaster Relief, Medical - General, United States - State & Local - South
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Description
Dr. Inglese was one of many New Orleans residents convinced that approaching Hurricane Katrina would pass with minimal impact. The next few days events proved how mistaken they were as Dr. Inglese, medical director of the city jail, leads his staff through a crisis of deadly proportions.











