The one thing that sticks with me is that I love New Orleans. It's not a city. It's a way of life. It's a place that you fall deeply in love with.

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December 20th was the last time we had any appreciable rain. We had about a quarter-inch over the area. That wasn't enough to help that much.

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I just want to play. I'm just so sad not to be home. I just want to go home.

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I was one of the happiest people in Florida that day, not just in Bradford County.

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They just kept hugging me and telling me they loved New Orleans and they can't wait to get back and 'Thank you so much for bringing New Orleans to us,' ... They were acting like it was Mardi Gras. The spirit is still alive.

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You know what, I blame George Bush. Instead of shoring up this country and making it really defensible, which is what his job is, he went out and started an illegal war in Iraq that is doing nothing but starting a civil war in that country. It's insane.

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I could not wait to get back. I know I'm one of the lucky ones. My apartment was fine ... A lot of guys can't come back.

130

He said, 'You will take the test.' So we took the test, the whole class, all seven of us.

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I wanted to attend college, but the I knew under the circumstances there was very little chance.

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