Above) Dramatic rescue in Baton Rouge! Adeline Perkins carries her dog Princess, followed by Lynell Batiste with Timmy. Kewanda and Ulysses Batiste swim behind, forging the floodwaters in Lacombe, Louisiana, after Hurrican Katrina.

Below) Kewane Batiste carries Timmy and in the background Adelaine Perkins carries Princess. In the flooded wake of Hurricane Katrina, these young folks had been evacuated from their home, to a fire station in Lacombe, Louisiana.

They'd been forced to leave their dogs behind. But they decided to make their way back home to Baton Rouge to save their dogs. What inspiring angels! Heroism incarnate!