The People I Met

Yesterday I had the chance to work with a girl from New Orleans. She was here when Katrina hit and what her and her family went through was crazy. She told me that after they were evacuated she wasn't able to see her house again for eight months. When she finally saw her house it was covered with mold and just about all of her belongings were ruined.

Yesterday we were given a tour by a man named Robert Green, a survivor of Katrina. He witnessed his mother and three year old granddaughter lost their lives during the storm. He showed us where the levee broke (which was broken open by a barge) and where his house was actually picked up and swept about 200 yards down the street from where it was originally built. He thanked us for coming down to help out and told us that we are not only helping re-build but we give them all hope and make them feel that other people throughout the country actually care about them.

Mike D