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Tamika Smith (left) and her husband Ricky Scales (right) have returned to New Orleans after surviving Hurricane Katrina. Ricky was separated from Alfrenish and Tamika and ended up being evacuated to Oklahoma while his family ended up in Texas.
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On business 90, the highway running past the Superdome (background), Allrenisha Smith, 10, cradles her mother Tamika Smith's head, as Tamika and her husband, Ricky Scales, sleep Thursday morning, September 1, 2005, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Roland Moore, 53, has almost completed the restoration of his modest brick home on Gordon Street, three blocks from the banks of the Mississippi River in the devastated Lower 9th Ward. Moore has been commuting from Houston, Texas to rebuild his destroyed home.
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Lower Ninth Ward resident Karen Moore struggles to cope with life in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina forced her family out of their neighborhood. Moore has battled non-stop health problems since the storm.
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New Orleans, Louisiana business owner Vaughn Mordenti was eventually forced, by authorities, to leave his Bourbon Street business following Hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans, Louisiana resident and Bourbon Street business owner Vaughn L. Mordenti enjoys an afternoon shower brought by the outer bands of Hurricane Rita on Thursday, September 22, 2005.
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84-year-old Johnny Montgomery relied on his military training from serving in World War II while he remained in his flooded home for more than 12 days following Hurrican Katrina two years ago. Montgomery would wade through chest deep water in his neighborhood in an effort to stay cool.
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Johnny Montgomery, 82, wades through flood waters after telling rescuers he did not want to leave his flooded house in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, September 5, 2005.
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