Some people got away alright
The Big Easy’s recovery is a parable of America’s strength, flaws—and future
MICKEY LANDRY was the principal of a private school in Colorado Springs when Katrina struck. After some of his evacuated relatives washed up there, Mr Landry decided he “just had to come back.” He had been away from New Orleans for 25 years; after the inadequate levees gave way on August 29th 2005, most of his hometown was under water. But he “was aching for the city.” He told his wife. She thought he was crazy.
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