Previously on When the Wind Turned:
Francine (Frankie) Lemoine-Rosenfeld walked through her ruined home on August 30, the walls still holding the shape of the life she’d lived inside them.
Flashbacks pulled her back to August 28 — red beans on the stove, anxious glances toward a strange sky, the kids whispering fears to each other on AIM—AOL Instant Messenger.
A family sensing the wind was about to turn.
Catch up with Chapter One →
Chapter Two
Scrubbing In
August 29, 2005 — The Day Before the Levee Failures
JEREMY J. ROSENFELD, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans
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