we re not a third world country. this is not an island. we are part of new orleans. we re part of it. you gonna do a pop a wheelie? some people come to these stores and cry because they don t have to worry about catching buses to get bread or sending their child from one end of the ninth toward another end. now they can walk right here and that s what makes it worthwhile. the look on customers faces is priceless. priceless. i want to see my neighborhood come back to normal. i want to see the lower ninth ward look like the rest of the city. and that s my goal. that s my goal. and i m going to continue to fight to get it everyday. ten years later we ve learned a lot from new orleans. new orleans teaches us that individuals and families bear