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Revisiting Katrina-Ravaged Plaquemines

NPR | By John Burnett

Published September 21, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

A broken pipeline spilled 136,000 gallons into a marsh in Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans. The white objects seen in the photo are used by cleanup crews to soak up the oil.

Phillip Simmons, a retired boat captain, saw the entire neighborhood where his family has lived for four generations wiped out by Hurricane Katrina.

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