They were born the year of Katrina. Some were held tight as the flood waters rose on Aug. 29; others were born in unfamiliar cities where their families had taken refuge. For these children – the ones who have filled our rebuilt parks and schools and homes, who kept us moving forward all these years – the storm and floods are something more abstract, something in the history books, something that they learn about through tales they've heard and pictures they've seen. The disaster is an event that undoubtedly shaped how they live, but one about which they have no memory. What have they learned from all the stories we tell -- and those we omit? We asked them.
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