Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Trial begins in Katrina nursing home deaths

The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died amid flash flooding during Hurricane Katrina are set to stand trial on Monday on negligent homicide charges.

A torrent of water poured through ruptured levees, filling the one-story St. Rita's Nursing Home almost to the ceiling in about 20 minutes after the storm roared ashore on August 29, 2005.

Salvador and Mabel Mangano are the only individuals charged with the responsibility of deaths from the storm. More than 1,400 deaths were blamed on Katrina.

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