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September 13, 2005: Volunteers attempt to save Torah at Flooded Synagogue in New Orleans
"American volunteers with an Israeli charity said on Monday that they were trying to rescue an ancient Torah scroll in a New Orleans synagogue flooded by Hurricane Katrina.
"We are trying to get a helicopter so we can have an aerial view of the place, to figure out what's more suitable to get access," said Rabbi Isaac Leider, from Zaka, an Israeli rescue and recovery group."
