Katrina

   [ September 2005 / 16 images ]

9/3/05 - Sonia Guillot of Paradis, LA evacuated to Kalamazoo before the hurricane hit. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
9/3/05 - Phil Guillot of Portage, far right, was reunited with his family after they evacuated from Louisiana. From left is Nicholas Guillot, Jessica Daw (holding her daughter Kamryn,2), Sonia Guillot, (bandana) May Matherne-Petit, and Harris Matherne. Bottom right is Kylah Guillot,4. They are staying at a house off of Portage Road in Kalamazoo. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
9/5/05 - A hurricane Katrina victim from New Orleans is escorted off the plane at the Air National Guard Station in Battle Creek Monday evening. Hundreds of people arrived Monday, and were shuttled to the Fort Custer Training Center, where they'll stay in transitional housing for 3-7 days. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
9/5/05 - A Hurricane Katrina Evacuee waves in appreciation to the crowd outside the Air National Guard Station in Battle Creek Monday evening. The hurricane victims were flown to the base from New Orleans and then provided with medical and housing assistance. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
9/6/05 - Hurricane Katrina evacuees, Claudette Brooks, left, and Etta Taylors (cq) of New Orleans, sit on the bunk bed they share in the barracks at the Fort Custer Training Center in Battle Creek Tuesday. Both are still looking for their children. Hundreds of evacuees flew into the Air National Guard Station in Battle Creek Monday evening and hundreds more are expected. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Detroit News)
9/6/05 - Hurricane Katrina evacuee Morris Parker,50, of New Orleans, right, wipes a tear as he tells of not being able to find his wife at the Fort Custer Training Center in Battle Creek Tuesday. At left is Clarence Lewis,49, also of New Orleans, who's can't find most of his family. Hundreds of evacuees flew into the Air National Guard Station in Battle Creek Monday evening and hundreds more are expected. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Detroit News)
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ALL - St. Augustine Cathederal in Kalamazoo holds its annual Blue Mass service honoring police, fire, and emergency personnel. Monsignor Michael Hazard speaks during the service. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
ALL - Gaililee baptist church in Kalamazoo held a special 9/11 service while welcoming hurricane Katrina survivors at the same time Sunday. Pastor Daniel Cunningham gives thanks during the special service. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
ALL - Gaililee baptist church in Kalamazoo held a special 9/11 service while welcoming hurricane Katrina survivors at the same time Sunday. Perley Breashears, right, who evacuated from New Orleans, gets a hug from Sandra Burton of Kalamazoo during a special service at the Galilee Baptist Church Sunday evening. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
Demetrius Brisbon, a Katrina evacuee, tends to 9-month-old Isabelle Hughes as Kim Hughes (standing on steps) talks to her neighbors before dinner Monday evening at their home in Hickory Corners. Demetrius and three others are starting a new life in Richland, after the Hughes family rescued and took them in. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)
Chris Hughes, left, Hilda Sylvester, her boyfriend Demetrius Brisbon, and Gerald Jerrell, right, have dinner at the Hughes' house in Hickory corners Tuesday. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Gazette)