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Cross Talk: Season 9, Episode 3
On the radio call-in heard around the world: WWL New Orleans and local radio in times of local crisis. On September 2nd 2005 the mayor of New Orleans phones radio station WWL870 after the fifth day of the crisis brought on by Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Ray Nagin's call -- his words on the radio -- are so striking, so significant...the call gets picked up and broadcast around the world. It's widely recognized as being the moment that woke up senior levels of government and agencies and got real help on the way to New Orleans. Today, I am looking back at that event of 20 years ago. This episode…
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