Man is rescued from his house in the ninth ward of New Orleans by US Army medic in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. David Jackson Jr, 82, is rescued from his house in the ninth ward of New Orleans by U.S. Army medic Chris Stevenson in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina September 8, 2005. National Guard troops and rescue teams hunted for thousands of people unable or unwilling to leave ruined New Orleans on Thursday, with one group making the grim discovery of 30 bodies in a suburban nursing home. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton