Like many areas of the city, Xavier University of Louisiana was hit hard by the storm. In this episode three people including two students, Jamari, Ryan, and Kerwin, recount their experiences staying on campus for six days surrounded by flood waters, looking for food, being rescued by boat, and the feelings of homesickness and frustration they felt while having to attend Howard University in Washington D.C.
Katrina Stories is a documentary podcast built from first-person accounts recorded after Hurricane Katrina as part Mondo Bizarro's I-10 Witness Project. Each episode weaves together voices that reveal the human impact of the storm—stories of loss, resilience, anger and hope. The series preserves these testimonies as living history, offering listeners an intimate connection to the people and places forever changed by the disaster.
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