| As the flood waters poured into New
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| | country's great cities and the lives of
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| Orleans' Ninth Ward, John struggled to
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| | thousands forever.
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| carry his grandchild to safety. In a
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| | After two years, one would assume that
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| sudden rush of water the child was torn
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| | all has returned to normal in New
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| out of his arms and drowned. Since the
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| | Orleans. Most would be shocked however,
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| horror of that day John has had heart
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| | to see how conditions in the city remain.
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| surgery, is on oxygen and using a
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| | In some cases the situation is as bad as
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| scooter. When he returned to his home
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| | it was in the days after Katrina. Entire
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| after being ill, there was no electricity
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| | neighborhoods are still abandoned and in
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| to operate the oxygen machine. The
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| | ruins. Thousands of New Orleans
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| government would not provide him with a
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| | residents still live in tiny trailers, in
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| ramp to get out of his home. Now John
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| | makeshift trailer parks or parked on the
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| suffers from Post Traumatic Stress
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| | front lawns of their uninhabitable homes.
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| Disorder (PTSD).
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| | People are still waiting for the help
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| Mary lives with the loss of a brother who
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| | they were promised so they can rebuild
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| had made it to the relative safety of the
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| | and return home. These people include
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| New Orleans Superdome but returned when
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| | those of New Orleans's Ninth Ward, a
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| he realized she wasn't there. Her brother
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| | neighborhood of working class, lower
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| drowned in the flood waters. Mary is
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| | income residents. Many were homeowners
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| traumatized and too medically fragile to
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| | who'd lived in their homes for years.
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| leave her home.
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| | Some worked multiple jobs but all were
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| Disasters continue to fill the news.
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| | struggling to get by. After the
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| There are the recent stories of the I-35W
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| | hurricane they faced the hopelessness of
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| bridge collapse in Minneapolis and the
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| | destroyed homes, lost employment,
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| flooding in southern Minnesota. While we
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| | collapsed infrastructure and confusing
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| are aware of these recent tragedies we
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| | governmental bureaucracy.
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| should not forget the significance of
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| | There are those who believe that hope
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| August 29th, 2007. This date marks the
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| | still remains. One group is a Twin
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| second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,
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| | Cities based organization called A River
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| a catastrophe that changed one of our
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| | of Hope.
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