Katrina’s Jewish Voices

This is an article featured in the Angel Flight News in Fall 2005 about the Breaux family. Days after giving birth to Zachary, Lainie and her family evacuated New Orleans but had to leave the newborn in the hospital nursery. Later, the nursery also had to be evacuated and the Breaux family did not the baby's whereabouts. Angel Flight helped fly the baby to Texas and reunite the family.

This is a link to a story that was featured on Good Morning America on September 2, 2005. This feature highlighted the plight of Lainie and Tad Breaux who were forced to evacuate New Orleans without their newborn son. After the hospital nursery was also evacuated, the Breauxs were unable to locate their son for a few terrifying days. They were happily reunited in Fort Worth TX. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1090343&page=1

These are photos taken of Zachary Breaux right after he was born on August 23rd, 2005. His parents, Tad and Lainie had to evacuate New Orleans and leave Zach behind in the hospital nursery. A few days later the nursery was evacuated and Zach's whereabouts were unknown for a few nerve-wracking days. They were happily reunited in Fort Worth.