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Mona Reeder The Dallas Morning News
"DEFIANCE ON DESIRE STREET"


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Joe Smith holds onto his porch to keep from falling into toxic water which surrounds his Desire Street home as a rescue helicopter buzzes his house in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. Joe is one a small band of Desire Street residents who refuse to evacuate despite living without electricity, fresh water, toilets, or an efficient way to get around the area. He and a friend use old boards to paddle an old boat around the area flooded by Hurricane Katrina and the city's broken levees..
 

 

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