When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
WriterSheri Fink
Day One
Aug 11, 2022
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
Day Two
Aug 11, 2022
The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.
Day Three
Aug 11, 2022
As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.
Day Four
Aug 18, 2022
Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.
Day Five
Aug 25, 2022
With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
45 Dead
Sep 1, 2022
State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Sep 8, 2022
New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
The Reckoning
Sep 15, 2022
Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.
