US Edition20 years since Katrina: Reporter finds long-lost camcorder video of his Katrina-damaged home
Aubry Killion uncovered a 20-year-old video documenting his family's home flooded by Hurricane Katrina, highlighting their resilience in rebuilding over two decades.
- Aubry Killion, a WDSU reporter, uncovered a 20-year-old camcorder video showing his family seeing their Katrina-flooded home in New Orleans in 2005.
- This event followed Hurricane Katrina making landfall on August 29, 2005, which overwhelmed levees, displaced 1.5 million people, and left families separated and homes damaged.
- The Killion family evacuated together with their four children and dog, endured six to seven feet of water in their flooded home, and worked every weekend to rebuild, living in a FEMA trailer during recovery.
- Val Killion reflected, “Your childhood pictures are pretty much gone,” and noted carnival’s return offered hope amid the slow rebuilding that took a year and a day to reenter the home.
- The story highlights ongoing resilience and underscores the need for disaster plans including pets, as mandated by the 2006 PETS Act, while reminding that preparedness is key despite unpredictability of future disasters.
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20 years since Katrina: Reporter finds long-lost camcorder video of his Katrina-damaged home
After sitting down for an interview with his parents, reporter Aubry Killion found something his family hadn’t seen in nearly 20 years: camcorder video of their home shot after Katrina.
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