A truly ground-breaking news story appeared in the Times this weekend. Done in cooperation with the non-profit nvestigative journalism group Pro Publica, and reported by A.C. Thompson and Sheri Fink, the piece describes the frenzied and painful struggle inside of a New Orleans hospital during Katrina as staff dealt with seriously ill patients.
One of the most amazing pieces of journalism about catastrophe I have ever read. And so painful to read that I had to struggle to finish it.
A must read.
[...] called your attention to an incredible cooperative reporting effort with the New York Times, written and reported by Sheri Fink, that detailed the struggle for survival inside Memorial Hospital during Hurricane [...]