By the end of our time here, saying goodbye, Lynn and I were clinging together, crying. It was a horrible thing that happened, this hurricane, but something good came out of it. We got to spend time with a near-and-dear family.
How do you get parents to pay for their child to come study in a city that was so badly damaged?
You could see the high-water mark on the side of the house. Anne Marie went to look at it and came back to the car in tears.
The predominant emotion here, I think, is one of great sadness. The city is never going to be the same.
