BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Friday marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, and many in the community are taking time to recall the tragedy and trauma left in its wake.

Today, the Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge welcomed local leaders and community members to the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church for a service in remembrance.

“There are so many stories to tell,” Reverend Robin McCullough-Bade, retired Director of the Interfaith Federation of GBR, said.

If you lived in Louisiana in 2005, you most likely have a Katrina tale of your own.

“I remember a pastor who left New Orleans, and he was distraught because he didn’t know about his daughter, and then he was distraught because he left his Bible behind, his Bible that had nourished him throughout his whole life. And the difficult

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