Yann Arthus-Bertrand - After Hurricane Katrina...

After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

French Photographer

Born: Mar 13, 1946

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