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Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later Burnell Cotlon Positive Change Gary Rivlin , Jackie Roche New Orleans , Louisiana October 2015
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He spent weeks on his knees chiseling up the la�ers of waterlogged Formica flooring . of who + he dubbed · coffin z.a .·
The barber shop opened in the faU 2013 .
The boar health ! "'l ou have 1 a grease t1 I had fo p one of ti ershop and ac;.k s + and •, and other
The L..ower Ninth on ('f has 3 /o percent of its population ten '( ears aHer Katrina , but the shop-with four working chairs-gets crowded in + he aHernoons and on weekends .