At little-known Delgado Community College, the baseball team helped rebuild Kirsch-Rooney Stadium after Katrina − then played there five months later.

New Orleans native Alnitia Woods lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. 20 years later, she has rebuilt her life in DeSoto County.

Twenty years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, killing approximately 1,833 people and displacing millions along the Gulf Coast. Eighty percent of New Orleans was underwater, leaving families stranded on rooftops or funneled into overcrowded shelters without food and water.