Forgotten Waters: A Cajun Navy Rescuer’s Story of Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore in August 2005, America’s attention was fixed on New Orleans. But in Plaquemines Parish, where the storm first made landfall, the devastation was just as disturbing— though few outside the parish heard those stories.For Joe Wood Jr., born and raised in Port Sulphur, there was never a question of where he needed to be. It was a homecoming of devast...

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