Bush: 'This great city will rise again'
On Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, in a speech broadcast from New Orleans, President Bush promised federal aid, tax breaks and guaranteed loans to help rebuild the city. He also told the nation that the response to Hurricane Katrina was inadequate.
"The system, at every level of government, was not well-coordinated and was overwhelmed in the first few days," he said. "There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, "and this great city will rise again."