In Their Own Words: #Katrina10Years

Quotes from the BET News special on Hurricane Katrina.

Words From the Bayou - A look at memorable quotes from remarkable residents of New Orleans and surrounding cities from the BET News special Katrina 10 Years Later: Through Hell in High Water.  (Photo: BET)
Robert Green - "We live through hurricanes. We know how to deal with them. We respect them. But we had no idea to know that we would have rising water, 25 feet of water in 12 minutes," Robert Green said. "My house was actually lifted off the foundation and broke away from the back of the house and became a boat with a hole in it."(Photo: BET) 
Charles Allen - "There really is a new New Orleans. And thankfully so," community organizer Charles Allen said. "Thankfully this community wasn't just snuffed out. Because culturally, for the rest of the country and the world, we contribute a lot."  (Photo: BET) Brandan 'B. Mike' Odums - "New Orleans is a place where the beauty of the city is if you give us bad we are going to figure out how to make good of it," said visual artist Brandan "B. Mike" Odums. "I think that's one of the most beautiful things about this city is that we're still here." (Photo: BET) 

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Words From the Bayou - A look at memorable quotes from remarkable residents of New Orleans and surrounding cities from the BET News special Katrina 10 Years Later: Through Hell in High Water. (Photo: BET)

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