shor shores. no community was hit harder and none more mindful of the fact that children suffered just as much as adults. caroline collins can attest to that. she remembers her father staying through the storm and returning to find him amid the wreckage. coming home and seeing him when i walked in the door. i remember him kissing all of us on the head. i get choked up about it. z so, from the start, this town has focused on the recovery of children as much as the return of adults. as the major put it, more than business, more than government. families are the heart of the community. reporter: as a result, some of the earliest recovery projects were family-oriented. baseball fields and parks, a community center, a new library, new schools and safe places for children and their parents to retreat from the devastation and
coming home and like seeing him when i walked in the door, i remember kissing all of us on the head. reporter: so from the start, this town has focused on the recovery of children as much as the return of adults because as mayor tommy longo puts it, more than business, more than government the families are the heart and soul of your community. reporter: as a result, some of the earliest recovery projects here were family oriented. baseball fields and parks, a community center, a new library, new schools, and safe places for children and their parents to retreat from the devastation and debris. it s an ongoing process. at st. claire s church, still in a temporary building, a new youth group has just been started. beth krazinsca s an organizer and never had any doubts in
the children are riding the waves again around the battered shores of waveland. no community was hit harder by katrina and none has been more mindful of the fact children suffered just as much as adults. caroline collins can attest to that. she remembers her father staying through the storm and finding him in the wreckage. coming in and seeing him and him kissing us on the head reporter: so from the start, this town has focused on the recovery of children as much as the return of adults because as the mayor puts it, more than business, more than government the families are the heart and soul of the community. reporter: as a result, some of the earliest recovery projects here were family oriented. baseball fields and parks, a
the battered shores of waveland. no community was hit harder by katrina, and none has been more mindful of the fact that children suffered just as much as adults. caroline collins can attest to that, because she remembers her father staying through the storm and returning to find him amid the wreckage. coming home in like seeing him when he walked through the door and i remember him kissing all of us on the head. i still remember it. reporter: and so from the start this town has focused on the recovery of children as much as the return of adults, because as the mayor tommy longo puts it, more than business and more than government families are the heart and soul of the community. reporter: as a result, some of the earliest recovery projects here were family-oriented. baseball fields and parks, a community center, a new librar new schools, and safe places for children and their parents to
on the head. so choked up about it. so from the start, this town has focused on the recovery of children as much as the return of adults, because as mayor tommy longo puts it, more than business, more than government the families are the heart and soul of the community. as a result, some of the earliest recovery projects here were family-oriented. baseball field and parks, a community center, a new library, new schools, and safe places for children and their parents to retreat from the devastation and debris. it s an ongoing process. at st. clair s church, still in a temporary building, a new youth group has just been started. beth is an organizer, and she has never had any doubts about staying. i lived here my whole life. you know, this is where i belong, and this is where my children belong and my family. and there was no question that we were going to rebuild.