article_snippet: The US airman was with an elite Air Force pararescue unit when The US airman plucked The US airman to safety from The US airman family's destroyed home in New Orleans, during the disaster.
article_snippet: Moment of joy: Staff Sgt.
article_snippet: the unknown girl and her family were still waiting for help about a week after the storm hit when the specialist team swooped in to help.
article_snippet: The veteran, who has since completed tours of Iraq, Afghanistan and was deployed to the Philippines, had arrived with the specialist team a week earlier to do what the specialist team could to help the devastated city.
article_snippet: A man suffering from an aortic aneurysm who was unlikely to survive and a comatose woman who had not left her own bed for years, were amongst those the specialist team assisted.
article_snippet: A man is hoisted to safety, like the little girl Staff Sgt.
article_snippet: Mike Maroney told the Airforce Times how Mike Maroney helped save the fearless youngster with her parents and four siblings and remembers how her excitedly pointed out her home and her school from the hoist.
article_snippet: A foundation for fallen rescue airmen —
article_snippet: Now a civilian pararescue instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Another airman left active duty in August 2006 and has spent the last eight years in the Air Force Reserve, rising to the rank of master sergeant.
highlights_snippet: Airman Mike Maloney rescued family from flooded house 10 years ago .
  