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Tonight on the Front Porch, we're marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on New Orleans with a special documentary. Soul Savers in The Big Easy is the powerful story of the rescue efforts of three members of a civilian rescue team that became known as the "Soul Patrol". During their twelve days on the flood-waters of New Orleans's seventh ward, Rick Mathieu, Earl Barthe and Jadell Beard rescued more than 500 people out of houses and off of rooftops bringing them to safer areas for evacuation. Tonight they tell the story of their challenging and sometimes heart-breaking rescue attempts.

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