tenth anniversary cnn superhero and receive an additional $50,000 to carry on with their work. here s how it is going to work. we are going to introduce you to them throughout the evening, to all five, but you can learn about them all right now watching at home and here in the room and vote right now at cnn heroes.com. voting has been underway since friday night. you can also vote on facebook messenger and twitter. all the details are at cnn heroes.com. let s meet our first one tonight. liz mccartny was voted hero of the year in 2008, after the destruction of hurricane katrina along the gulf coast. she packed up her life in washington, d.c. to help families rebuild in louisiana. since we met her, the community became her home, and she and her team have brought home and healing to so many in need. after cnn heroes, liz
choose which one should be honored later tonight as the tenth anniversary cnn superhero and receive an additional $50,000 to carry on with their work. here s how it is going to work. we are going to introduce you to them throughout the evening, to all five, but you can learn about them all right now watching at home and here in the room and vote right now at cnn heroes.com. voting has been underway since friday night. you can also vote on facebook messenger and twitter. all the details are at cnn heroes.com. let s meet our first one tonight. liz mccartny was voted hero of the year in 2008, after the destruction of hurricane katrina along the gulf coast. she packed up her life in washington, d.c. to help families rebuild in louisiana. since we met her, the community became her home, and she and her team have brought home and healing to so many in need.
mccartny s non-profit went national. the hero s program helped us help so many more people. her group has rebuilt homes in seven disaster-stricken communities, including baton rouge, which suffered disastrous flooding in august. liz has enabled almost 1,200 families to start again. it would have taken us years to move back in. there you go. bend it like that. i got a call from liz one day. and everything started falling into place. just like that, here we go. we can move in in hopefully six to eight weeks. i never would have imagined that we d still be here, helping families get back home. but i feel very lucky to do it. ladies and gentlemen, liz mccartney is with us tonight. liz, stand up and take a bow.
after cnn heroes, liz mccartny s non-profit went national. the hero s program helped us help so many more people. her group has rebuilt homes in seven disaster-stricken communities, including baton rouge, which suffered disastrous flooding in august. liz has enabled almost 1,200 families to start again. it would have taken us years to move back in. there you go. bend it like that. i got a call from liz one day. and everything started falling into place. just like that, here we go. we can move in in hopefully six to eight weeks. i never would have imagined that we d still be here, helping families get back home. but i feel very lucky to do it. ladies and gentlemen, liz mccartney is with us tonight. liz, stand up and take a bow.
mccartny s non-profit went national. the hero s program helped us help so many more people. her group has rebuilt homes in seven disaster-stricken communities, including baton rouge, which suffered disastrous flooding in august. liz has enabled almost 1,200 families to start again. it would have taken us years to move back? there you go. bend it like that. i got a call from liz one day. and everything started falling into place. just like that, here we go. we can move in in hopefully six to eight weeks. i never would have imagined that we d still be here, helping families get back home. but i feel very lucky to do it. ladies and gentlemen, liz mccartney is with us tonight. liz, stand up and take a bow.