Hope in action: Veterinary medicine professor launches emergency rescue team
In the summer of 2016, a slow-moving storm devastated southern Louisiana. Unleashing more rainfall than historic Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the unnamed storm mercilessly killed 13 people and left behind a staggering $10 billion in damage. Among those caught in its path was Dr. Chance Armstrong. Although today he is an associate clinical professor in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, in 2016, he was in the eye of the storm as a faculty member at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine.
The floods overwhelmed communities and changed more than just the landscape — they reshaped the course of Armstrong’s life.