for african-americans, it s actually $5,000 less than it was when katrina hit. but it s gone up for white americans. so katrina, you see a direct benefit for white middle class in new orleans, and new orleans essentially got whiter and smaller. the black community, especially the middle class has been hit hard and virtually disappeared there. lots of people left and went to houston, atlanta, other cities, and they haven t come home. absolutely. he is so compelling to listen to on this issue. i think one of the important things we heard at the end of your interview is this is not just a problem in new orleans. as we all knowg l in new york and everywhere around the country, this is a nationwide problem. and while you can see it encapsulated so much, unfortunately in new orleans, you can look at any city in this country. look at what is happening in baltimore today, chicago, new york city and elsewhere. what is fascinating, here you
sglichlt would probably say the way i approach art is just considering it as pure emotion. something that doesn t have to be explained. i was only 9 when katrina hit. that was really the first time that my world kind of became inexplicable. it is something i couldn t put back together. it was the first thing i really lost. so to lose your entire city is having that be the first thing you lose is an incredible lesson in life and you can t piece it together no matter how hard you try. so i approach art as seeing a place where i don t need to make sense. i can do whatever i want and i can kind of find beauty in the chaos that i create myself and it is chaos i control, which is something that i need after being a child of katrina. jason, what s your next
her. deep down, tonette must have sensed the danger. because she sent their three children and grandchildren away from the house to higher ground. this is a picture, the only picture with my mom and my dad together that was able to be saved. reporter: toni, hardy and tonette s, daughter was 15 when katrina hit. i was trying to be able to stay. beg, beg, to stay. my told me. your mom knows best. go on and go to your friend house. reporter: tonette and hardy were sleeping in their house when the water rushed in. hardy woke to find it rising around their bed. they went quickly to the attic. he said, as they sat up in the attic, the water started rising. the waves was, it wasn t just, little waves. it became bigger waves. he said he has seen the other
canisters. we came in here and picked up lives. this is 1200 potential children. in our tour of being down there, we d seen a lot of death. we d seen a lot of destruction. and now, we ve given back, we ve given new life, new hope to those families that thought it was deteriorated when katrina hit. reporter: the rescue occurred on september 11, 2005. in september of 2006, she had twins, ben and sam, with the embryos brought to full term. i just thank the people that rescued our children. i would introduce them to sam and ben, and i would tell them, thank you for believing that these embryos were people. cause i know not everybody believes that. but they are. those are babies. and i would say, look what you did. and my children are alive today because you did that.
grandchildren away from the house to higher ground. this is a picture, the only picture with my mom and my dad together that was able to be saved. reporter: tony, their daughter was 15 when katrina hit. i was trying to be able to stay. beg, beg, to stay. my told me. your mom knows best. go on and go to your friend house. reporter: they were sleeping in their house when the water rushed in. he week to find it rising around their bed. they went quickly to the attic. he said, they sat up in the attic, the water started rising. the waves was, it wasn t just, little waves. it became bigger waves. he said he has seen the other houses collapsing. that s exactly what happened to there house. it collapsed on top of them.