Diane Naranjo, Biloxi,MS
Before Hurricane Katrina, her two-bedroom apartment near Keesler Air Force Base housed just her and her mother and teenage son, now 18. But the storm displaced thousands of people along Mississippi's Gulf Coast, many of whom could find no affordable place to stay. Some ended up at her door.
Before Hurricane Katrina, her two-bedroom apartment near Keesler Air Force Base housed just her and her mother and teenage son, now 18. But the storm displaced thousands of people along Mississippi's Gulf Coast, many of whom could find no affordable place to stay. Some ended up at her door.
Serenity Davenport, Abbeville, LA
"The emotional impact it had on us was really rough. I fight depression every day, but I just call on Jesus to help me get through."
"The emotional impact it had on us was really rough. I fight depression every day, but I just call on Jesus to help me get through."
Joseph Buras, Boothville, LA
Buras is a commercial fisherman, but his trawler sits on oil drums across the road from his house. The boat got knocked around by Hurricane Katrina, he says, and needs repairs that he cannot afford.
Buras is a commercial fisherman, but his trawler sits on oil drums across the road from his house. The boat got knocked around by Hurricane Katrina, he says, and needs repairs that he cannot afford.
Tam Tran, D'Iberville, MS
Tran, a shrimp fisherman, lived on his boat with his family last year until his brother managed to persuade him that the rolling deck of a working trawler was no place for his wife, who was pregnant with their second child.
Tran, a shrimp fisherman, lived on his boat with his family last year until his brother managed to persuade him that the rolling deck of a working trawler was no place for his wife, who was pregnant with their second child.
Connell Lewis, Biloxi, MS
Despite an assortment of ailments, at age 59, Connell Lewis works hours that would sap the strength of men half his age, often rising at 5 a.m. and working late into the evening to scrape and haul away the muck and debris deposited by Katrina.
Despite an assortment of ailments, at age 59, Connell Lewis works hours that would sap the strength of men half his age, often rising at 5 a.m. and working late into the evening to scrape and haul away the muck and debris deposited by Katrina.
Burke Saucier, Erath, LA
"My wife cries every night," says Saucier, a burly man with sad blue eyes. "She had stopped; now she's started again, because we're still in the same place. It's like we're not progressing. Everybody say, 'Oh, you're progressing.' No. You come to my house after we cleaned a little bit, that’s all. It's just clean. But we're still homeless."
"My wife cries every night," says Saucier, a burly man with sad blue eyes. "She had stopped; now she's started again, because we're still in the same place. It's like we're not progressing. Everybody say, 'Oh, you're progressing.' No. You come to my house after we cleaned a little bit, that’s all. It's just clean. But we're still homeless."