Letter Never Sent

Nagin said the levees had given way in places to Katrina’s storm surge, including a 200-foot (60 meter) breach near the city center through which waters from Lake Pontchartrain were pouring in.

“There’s a serious leak and it’s causing the water to continue to rise,” he said. Adding to the problem were malfunctions in the system the city uses to pump out floodwaters.

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