Sabrina Wilson, FOX 8 News Last Update: 8/24 6:34 pm New Orleans - Carrie Morgan-Handy, 61, tries hard to handle what life serves up, so instead of living on the streets when she returned to New Orleans after being displaced in another state after Katrina, she ended...
Sandra Gonzalez - ABC26 News August 24, 2010 An abandoned house on Laussat is home to Johnnie Morgan. "I have no electricity. I have no air conditioning and it's very hot and air comes through the window and gives a little comfort through the blessings of God and...
Just like politics, all outreach is local. In fact, it’s hyper-local, street-based, boots on the concrete, sweating it out in the August sun, try to understand the neighborhood accent and know your neighborhoods like you know your mama. Because we do outreach in New Orleans...
[caption id="attachment_988" align="alignleft" width="550" caption="UNITY Director of Programs Angela Patterson comforts Ms. Carrie Handy as she recounts her painful story of living in a gutted house for over three years"][/caption] The Abandoned Buildings Outreach Team of UNITY of Greater New Orleans held a press conference Tuesday,...
By Seth Fiegerman, Mainstreet.com August 23, 2010 It took Charles King and his family just a couple of hours to leave their house in New Orleans on Aug. 27, 2005, but they have been struggling for five years since then to find home again. It was two days...
At 71 years-old, Mr. Hammond looks forward to his twilight years by indulging his gardening addiction. While most people his age are pushing around walkers or leaning on canes, Mr. Hammond can be found behind a tiller or maneuvering a weed whacker through his impressive...
He has been featured in major newspapers and his artwork hangs on permanent display in the Louisiana State Museum. Tommie Mabry’s stream of consciousness writings, written on the walls of a flooded public housing complex, captured the immediate confusion and terror of a city besieged...
She had to get to the school. As Carrie pushed through chest-deep water, she knew that the second floor of the school would provide safety. Before she reached the school, she was knocked off her feet and hit by a heavy piece of debris, pummeling...
A veteran with extensive military training, Stephen was trained to survive in brutal conditions – insect infestations, brutal heat, soaking rains, searing cold – surrounded by people who may wish to do you harm. However, he never thought he would have to use these survival...
The last week was a blur of excruciating hunger and several feeble suicide attempts. He sat down in the old abandoned factory along the river and just stared at it. He didn’t know what would happen, but he figured it wouldn’t be good. Depression is...