. >> reporter: with unsufficient food, water and medical supplies, the unsanitary conditions went fromnew orleans who sought shelter from katrina's wrath outside, were now facing a major crisis inside. >> we want to get out of here! >> it is hot, it's damp, there's no moving air, it's getting very dirty, and shall we say very aromatic. >> reporter: it was six days before everyone from the dome was bused to safer accommodations. and what was left behind was no longer just a football stadium. it was a symbol of the worst disaster in new orleans history. in march of 2006, efforts got under way to bring the superdome back to life. thanks in large part to funding from the nfl and fema, totalling $219 million. with their home under construction, the saints hit the road. and less than six months later, the superdome went from this, to this. >> it was brought back to life and resurrected. it was quite simply the largest restoration of a stadium that we know of in the history of the united states. >> reporter: just 13 months after hurricane katrina, the saints came marching home. a turning poin