In the days after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government left us to die like dogs in front of the Superdome and the Convention Center.

NPR: A Murder Shakes Confidence in New Orleans

But the story refused to die, thanks to the doggedness of the left-of-center newspaper The Guardian which published a series of stories about the scandal.

CNN: Hacking scandal exposed secrets at Murdoch's tabloid

We may learn of other emergency workers who died racing into danger before the second plane struck the World Trade Center, desperately trying to save others, others who were already killed or about to die.

CNN: Cruel calculus: The death toll