Obligher Wegrer, a resident of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, kneels in prayer in front of a reconstructed canal levee on Aug. 29, 20056, as she remembers her sister and nephew who perished in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a year ago. Hundreds of residents of the neighborhood came together to remember the floods and destruction left behind after the storm ravaged the region.
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