Hurricane Katrina
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane
Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, forcing an unprecedented 411,000
people to evacuate. More than 5,000 children were separated from their
families.
Within hours, the U.S. Department of Justice requested that the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) establish a hotline to
handle calls of displaced children and adults. NCMEC also deployed thirty Team
Adam Consultants to the affected areas.
As a result of NCMEC’s efforts, the last of the 5,192 children displaced
by the storm was reunited with
her family in Houston, TX in March 2006.
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