Go to: September 4 • Water and air rescue efforts continue in New Orleans; the U.S. Coast Guard said it has rescued more than 17,000 people, almost twice as many as it had saved in the previous 50 years combined, but that thousands of people remain stranded. Helicopters drop emergency food and water to people awaiting rescue. • A Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma helicopter flown by a civilian company crashes during rescue operations in New Orleans. No evacuees are aboard, and the pilot and crew are rescued. • New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announces plans to move traumatized police and firefighters out of the city so they can receive medical and psychological treatment. Police officials said two officers committed suicide.