Lt. Rick R. Hipes interview, 2005 Nov. 30.

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Lt. Rick R. Hipes interview, 2005 Nov. 30.

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Interview of Lt. Rick R. Hipes, USCG, HH-60 pilot, including descriptions of pilot fatigue during the Katrina rescue operations; lowering a rescue swimmer with an ax to hack through a roof and hoist out a trapped civilian; the relative ease for pilots to perform rescues on rooftops due to the Coast Guard's demanding training of rescue operations at sea; and pentecostal church volunteers at Alexandria, La., providing Coast Guard crew with provisions.

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United States Coast Guard, Historian's Office

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