Jasmine Batiste celebrated her 9th birthday in 2005, exactly one week before Hurricane Katrina swept through her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving her and her family stranded for three days and fearing for their lives. "The water is at our feet. It's at the bottom of the first step. It's coming in, and I'm just asking my momma, 'Are we going to be OK?' I'm a 9-year-old child. 'Are we going to be OK?'" Batiste recalled of the terrifying moments on Aug. 29, 2005, when Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane, becoming one of the five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Like tens of thousands of people across New Orleans, Batiste and her family were left stranded in their home due to the floodwaters brought by Katrina, the devastation of which is revisited in the A

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