Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
Producer: Sheri Fink, Ra’uf Glasgow, Jan Peter Meyboom
Director: Wendey Stanzler, Carlton Cuse
Dr. Anna Pou
Susan Mulderick
Dr. Bryant King
Dr. Horace Baltz
Karen Wynn
Diane Robichaux
Arthur 'Butch' Schafer
Virginia Rider
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8 episodes
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
Runtime: 39 minThe staff and patients think they’ve made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.
Runtime: 39 minAs the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.
Runtime: 47 minConditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.
Runtime: 47 minWith pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
Runtime: 53 minState investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Runtime: 44 minNew evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
Runtime: 54 minPou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.
Runtime: 53 minOfficial Trailer