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we re here to chronicle a comeback of a neighborhood, of a city, an entire coastal region, really, five years ago today hurricane katrina slammed into the gulf coast with obviously devastating results. this is an aerial photograph of the area where i m standing right now. this is how it looked five years ago when the levees broke and a barge floated right into the frabd from the adjoining canal. this is what it looks like right now. this is the lower ninth ward, tennessee street, among the streets in this very neighborhood. of course, this is where brad pitt has been putting much of his effort in the make it right foundation. we re going to take you through this neighborhood a little later on and give you a live tour. we all remember the painful images of death and devastation. the winds, the rain and the levy breaks that followed that. much of coastal mississippi literally washed away and much of this city under water for days, even weeks. people here in new orleans are reme