in other places, recovering from the damage has been a matter of determination. and maybe a bit of stubbornness. the fox report has our chief correspondent on the biloxi coast with an example. reporter: there is a restaurant here called mary mahoney s been here for decade part of the fabric of the city. like biloxi, the restaurant has come a very long way since the fateful day when the wind whipped waters of the gulf came crashing through the second-store window. it felt like five linebackers hitting me at once. reporter: he felt the full force of hurricane katrina. it knocked me back about 15 with cuts all over me. reporter roar the damage was all too obvious when he appeared on the o reilly factor days after. it was devastating. it looked like atomic bomb hit.