ways an unofficial memorial, an unintended reminder of what happened here ten years ago. but built on top of the old charity hospital cemetery is another memorial built specifically to remember. the katrina memorial which houses the remains of the unclaimed, unidentified victims of the storm, more than 80 of them. the kids stay with you the most. and you saw that . yeah. dr. lewis cataldi was the medical examiner tasked with identifying all of the dead recovered from the storm. they re totally unidentifiable. it s like a puzzle. very much. it was difficult to say the least. many bodies were badly deteriorated from the floodwaters and from the heat. the job was never finished. funding ran out in 2006. just as the failure to reopen charity hospital haunts dr. bennett, the fact that so many of the dead were never identified pains dr. cataldi.
hospital. it was too painful to see it untouched since katrina. he s moved out of new orleans and now practices medicine in florida, but he hopes one day to return to the city he still loves. charity hospital is in some ways an unofficial memorial and unintended reminder of what happened here ten years ago. but built on top of the old charity hospital cemetery is another memorial built specifically to remember. the katrina memorial which houses the remains of the unclaimed, unidentified victims of the storm, more than 80 of them. the kid stay with you the most. reporter: and you saw them? yeah. the medical examiner was tasked for identifying the dead recovered from the storm. the condition of the bodies, they are totally unidentified. like a puzzle. very much. it was difficult to say the
ways, an unofficial memorial; and unintended reminder of what happened here ten years ago. but built on top of the old charity hospital cemetery is another memorial built specifically to remember. the katrina memorial which houses the remains of the unidentified in the storm. more than 80 of them. dr. lewis cataldi was the medical examiner tasked to identify all of the dead recovered from the storm. they re totally unidentifiable. it s like a puzzle. pretty much. it was difficult to say the least. many bodies were badly deteriorated from the flood waters and the heat. the job was never finished. funding ran out in 2006. just as the failure to reopen charity hospital haunts dr. bennett, the fact that so many
the water is rising here on the biloxi beach. when we were out a couple hours ago with today show, this has moved up to our location here. we know this will intensify and wash over the street here. you are able to go over and show the beach boulevard in biloxi. within the last 30 minutes, i would say the gaming commission in mississippi stated the casinos must close. they were newly liability. if you drive in you can see, th stores opened early. slowly, this city is winding down. traffic coming to a halt. close has been closed today and tomorrow. notably, a katrina memorial that was scheduled here in the city that took such a hard hit seven years ago, has been canceled