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Subscribe to RSSFolks from all over came out despite the rain to join a second line held in Lower Ninth Ward early Sunday to commemorate the Katrina anniversary
Commemorating Katrina
Guy Fournier, resident of Uptown New Orleans: "I came to pay my respects"
Eight-year-old Mandy Birren came from Hernando Beach, Florida to mark the anniversary, but also to make a point (she helped decorate the FEMA trailer in the photo below).
Putting FEMA trailers to use in the Ninth Ward
The next generation of Mardi Gras Indians
Kathy Zeitoun was caught up in the chaos of Hurricane Katrina when her husband Abdulrahman was imprisoned as a suspected terrorist while canoeing through the flooded streets trying to save his neighbors. (Their story has since been chronicled in Dave Eggers' book, "Zeitoun").
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"My 5 year old baby drowned and I never got the chance to say goodbye. I did not want to bury my daughter in New Orleans because it was New Orleans that took her away from me."
The personal heartache breaks you. And then photos such as these heal.
Let us never have this tragedy occur again.
Allowing us the audience to view and hear all what's happening in our world and the world surrounding us, many thanks, NBC.
A compassionate Sunday broadcast.
Here's a critique of Brian Williams' recent "reporting" regarding the violence and looting that supposedly took place during the immediate aftermath of Katrina, and his complete disregard of police misconduct and white supremacist violence, from the organization FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting):
http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/08/25/dateline-rehashs-katrina-violence-myth/