i think our organization exists to reduce and never have happen what happened five years ago. that just can t happen. reporter: beverly mitchell is counting on that. there are people here who don t have transportation, people who have medical problems, people who have financial problems, people have questions who are afraid. yes. evacuteer is a blessing for all of us. reporter: and assurance that as long as the evacuteers can find a way in, they will have a way out. tom foreman, cnn, new orleans. i want to bring you breaking news on this story we ve been following about these escaped prisoners. there are two on the loose right now. the u.s. marshal s office has received information that the arizona escaped prisoner john mccluskey and his accomplice
it s been almost five years since hurricane katrina slammed into new orleans exposing tragic failures in the city s preparation plans. now hundreds of volunteers want to make sure help will be available before the next storm hits. it s an example of tearing down obstacles and building up america. here s tom foreman. reporter: in the wake of katrina, tens of thousands of new or liens residents were stranded because they lacked transportation, knowledge or the inclination to move. beverly mitchell with a clunker of an old car was one of them. i didn t believe katrina was going to be so devastating. reporter: you found out otherwise? yes, i did. reporter: she wound up in the superdome s heat, squalor and darkness for days. now in the shadow of that same building a growing group is building up their plan to
weeks away. they have made enormous progress to have a rebirth in the city. they are mindful, of course, that another devastating storm could strike. which is why one group is making sure that everyone is prepared for it. here is tom foreman. reporter: in the wake of katrina, tens of thousands of new orleans were stranded because they lacked the inclination to evacuate before the storm. beverly mitchell with a clunker of an old car was one of them. i really didn t believe that katrina was going to be so devastating. you learned otherwise? yes, i did. she wound up in the superdomes heat squaller for days. now in the shadow of that same building, a growing group is building up their plan to avoid a repeat of that.
reporter: in the wake of katrina, tens of thousands of new orleans residents were stranded because they lacked information, transportation or the inclination to evacuate before the storm. beverly mitchell was one of them. i really didn t believe katrina was going to be so devastating. reporter: you found out otherwise? i sure did. yes, i did. reporter: she wound up in the super dome s heat, squalor for days. another group is building up their plan to avoid a repeat of this calamity. this is evacuteer.org. robert is the founder. if we re not preparing our vulnerable residents for a way to leave and have them feel safe in that process, we re not doing the best that we can.
intact enabling four other passengers to survive the crash. rescuers were kept at bay for 12 critical hours. ted stevens body is back home this morning, the longest serving republican in u.s. senate history being remembered as the man who literally put alaska on the map. casey wian is live in anchorage for us this morning with the very latest. reporter: good morning, john. we re at the hospital in anchorage where those four su vifrs of that horrific plane crash have been taken. we have new information about their condition. sean o keefe, the former nasa administrator, one of the survivors, is listed in critical condition this morning. his teenage son, kevin o keefe, is in serious condition. and another passenger, jim morhard, also listed in serious condition. there was a young 13-year-old, minor, male, whose condition has not been disclosed. his father who s been of the victims who died in that crash. the crash that they survived, one of the pilots that we spoke with yester