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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors and first responders are reflecting on how their personal hardships pushed them to persevere and rebuild New Orleans.

"I was in the water trying to get to my parents," said Salvation Army Captain David Brittle. "But I didn’t realize God was using me to save others. After losing almost everything in Katrina, including a parent, I don't take it for granted that I now have the privilege to share my faith."

In August 2005, the world saw Hurricane Katrina become the deadliest and costliest storm in the U.S. In that devastation, Brittle went on a two-and-a-half-day mission through the flooded streets in an attempt to save his parents, rescuing others along the way.

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