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News21 State Of Emergency Doc: Trapped In Recovery

By Carly Henry, director/News21 | September 4, 2019

Stacy Ferna?ndez/News21

In Port Barre, Louisiana, residents complain about “abandoned” FEMA trailers that have been sitting off a busy highway for years. FEMA says the trailers don't belong to the agency, but after use in disasters, many trailers are auctioned off by the General Services Administration. Private buyers can bid on the units online, which could explain this eyesore in Port Barre.

Episode 1: Trapped in Recovery

Hurricane survivors say deciding to leave when a storm hits is easy compared to the aftermath — dealing with wind and flood damage, and psychological trauma that lasts for weeks, months, even lifetimes. This is episode one of News21’s four-part documentary series “State of Emergency.”

Directed by Carly Henry

State of Emergency, Episode 1: Trapped in Recovery from News21 on Vimeo.

About this project:
This report is part of State of Emergency, a project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.