Gerald Herbert is a staff photographer for the AP based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before that he was a staff photographer for the Washington Times, the New York Daily News and a freelancer for the AP in New Orleans, Boston and New York. Herbert has covered local, national and international stories, including the 9/11 attacks at both the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, conflicts in the West Bank and Haiti, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals and the World Series, among others.

Boston Red Sox Mike Napoli (12) is forced out at second as Minnesota Twins shortstop Danny Santana (39) throws to first on a double play off the bat of A. J. Pierzynski in the second inning of an exhibition baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Thursday, March 13, 2014. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Cindy Terasme screams after seeing the feet of her dead 14-year-old brother Jean Gaelle Dersmorne in the rubble of the collapsed St. Gerard School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, January 14, 2010, after 7.0-magnitude earthquake. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

People play in the storm surge from Hurricane Isaac, on Lakeshore Drive along Lake Pontchartrain, as the storm nears land, in New Orleans, Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

An LSU cheerleaders is flipped before the BCS National Championship college football game against Alabama Monday, January 9, 2012, in New Orleans. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Don Duplantier walks through his flooded home as water recedes from Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite, La., Sunday, September 2, 2012. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Ben McLemore of the Sacramento Kings dunks the ball as he flies over former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal during the skills competition at the NBA All Star basketball game, Saturday, February 15, 2014, in New Orleans. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Bryonna Freed walks her little brother, Boston Sechrist, 2, of Hershey, Pa., off the field before an exhibition baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, March 15, 2014. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Kristin Kenney of Edison, N.J. sits at the grave of her boyfriend, Army Sgt. Dennis Flanagan, while Members of the 289th Military Police Honor Guard plant flags at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Thursday, May 25, 2006. Flanagan died in Iraq on January 21, 2006. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Supporters listen to Republican vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, legs visible, during a rally with Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., not visible, in Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday, October 8, 2008. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

President Bush delivers a speech on terrorism in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, September 6, 2006. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

A worker grooms away tracks after an alligator crossed through a sand trap on the 14th hole during the first round of the PGA Tour Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Kermit Ruffins performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Danny Ruiz, of Violet, La., waits for a tow to pull out his brother's sunken boat trailer, after the area was flooded from Hurricane Isaac, in Braithwaite, La., Saturday, September 1, 2012. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

Jennifer Jones, a Grand Marshal for various bands and events, poses for a photo in the Treme section of New Orleans, Thursday, August 23, 2012. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)