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  • Опубліковано 19 сер 2015
  • When Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans poet Shelton Alexander to evacuate his home, he took his truck and video camera to the Superdome. He escaped the chaotic shelter a few days later with a truckload of people and video documentation of history.
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  • @SharonBoo0305
    @SharonBoo0305 7 років тому +832

    "you can rebuild homes but you also have to rebuild mind, spirit and soul" - so true & poignant.

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 6 років тому +1

      Seems like it would be more the reverse of poignant, but it rhetorically sounds fitting.

    • @uniqueEnergy83
      @uniqueEnergy83 4 роки тому

      Sharon Boo so TRUE....... You said so much with a little bit of words

    • @itsssmeyaya6856
      @itsssmeyaya6856 3 роки тому

      Your to smart forme

    • @joshuatraffanstedt2695
      @joshuatraffanstedt2695 3 роки тому

      The latter is the most important and time consuming rebuild.

    • @brittxnyakawaii12
      @brittxnyakawaii12 11 місяців тому

      💕💕💕💕💕

  • @jaywu_chakra9919
    @jaywu_chakra9919 6 років тому +1057

    You failing to forget rap is poetry. It might be street poetry to some, but it's poetry. Dude is just expressing his pain!

  • @bacardilvr
    @bacardilvr 3 роки тому +436

    This man is telling the truth. I was in the Dome for six days. It was exactly as he described it.

    • @edwardthayer9386
      @edwardthayer9386 2 роки тому +28

      Wow! So glad you made it!🙏❤️

    • @UnfilteredAmerica
      @UnfilteredAmerica 2 роки тому +24

      You’re a true survivor

    • @ChrisSmith-zv1qd
      @ChrisSmith-zv1qd Рік тому +11

      Good you made it bro

    • @lucianakueker5001
      @lucianakueker5001 Рік тому +14

      So sorry for what you went through. God bless you.

    • @zachariasj2120
      @zachariasj2120 Рік тому +14

      Just now watching The Five days at memorial & it made me research more about Katrina & Wow the things you all went thru & endured & survived, God Bless You

  • @powerstrokethis0327
    @powerstrokethis0327 7 років тому +603

    What blows me away is the fact they took forever to get these poor souls the help they desperately needed but they wasted no time stomping on their rights and confiscating their firearms.

    • @usedbyjesus
      @usedbyjesus 6 років тому +19

      powerstrokethis03 exactly

    • @BatYAH2015
      @BatYAH2015 6 років тому +19

      powerstrokethis03 Exactely, it was the beginning of martial law.
      They take out part after part to try out. Soon martial law will be nation wide.

    • @BatYAH2015
      @BatYAH2015 6 років тому +3

      powerstrokethis03 Exactely, it was the beginning of martial law.
      They take out part after part to try out. Soon martial law will be nation wide.

    • @victorwanstreet3038
      @victorwanstreet3038 5 років тому +30

      Fema was there within 48 hours we were limited in what we could do we had people shooting at us we risked our lives people were looting why should we have to be shot for trying to help

    • @hiiipower6515
      @hiiipower6515 5 років тому +26

      I feel like you should always keep your firearm in your possession at all times during any disaster especially dealing with crooked cops, looters, and more

  • @kristengalloway1511
    @kristengalloway1511 8 років тому +789

    Just got goosebumps. Katrina was unbelievable. RIP to all the good people we lost.

    • @pjpolee8181
      @pjpolee8181 4 роки тому +6

      Kristen Galloway all the people not just good people wtf

    • @mistimcelveen7855
      @mistimcelveen7855 4 роки тому +3

      It truly changed us as a city right? I know we don't play around with storms anymore

    • @kristengalloway1511
      @kristengalloway1511 3 роки тому +10

      Some people take everything to heart. I meant "All people" . Just be looking for a reason to get froggy. All love over here. 🖤

    • @kristengalloway1511
      @kristengalloway1511 3 роки тому

      @Eddie LM thanks love 🖤

    • @emoking6
      @emoking6 2 роки тому

      I love that movie goosebumps awesome!!!!😃😃😃😃😃😀😀😀😀😀

  • @rootsm3
    @rootsm3 7 років тому +732

    One of America's greatest shames. Watched from NJ. Couldn't believe I was watching fellow Americans suffer like that.

    • @Unkuuu
      @Unkuuu 7 років тому +68

      rootsm3 To say Hurricane Katrina was a moral failing on the part of the US government would be a severe understatement. These people didn't deserve that.

    • @PersonMan1
      @PersonMan1 7 років тому

      rootsm3 northeast texas.

    • @TheWholeWorld1
      @TheWholeWorld1 7 років тому +12

      ..bu..bu..but what about the immigrants?? We should march for the immigrants. Foh!

    • @DarthScorpio11
      @DarthScorpio11 7 років тому +10

      rootsm3
      We watched Americans suffer 5 years before that in NYC. it was terrible, but there was a lot of darkness then.

    • @rainbowcarnage9936
      @rainbowcarnage9936 7 років тому +8

      Caesar Vespasian disgusting ignorant disgrace

  • @singerspurpose
    @singerspurpose 8 років тому +627

    the reality is poor people with no roots have no where to escape because they can't just go to another state and country to live until things get better. they knew but had no where to go and no way to get there.

    • @copperharris2368
      @copperharris2368 7 років тому +21

      go camping for a week I don't care how poor you are u can get your hands on a tent

    • @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie
      @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie 7 років тому +84

      Copper Harris Camping in a tent during a HURRICANE makes perfect sense!

    • @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie
      @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie 7 років тому +20

      eilífi guð af himninum I saw your response in my email but can't find it here. Perhapsyou realized how delusional it was and deleted it. I want you to do exactly as you said get your necessities and walk 80 miles and tell me how that works for you. And remember you have an advantage because you are attempting this at a time when there is no stress. I'll be waiting here to hear about the results of your journey.

    • @copperharris2368
      @copperharris2368 7 років тому +9

      Go camping for an week somewhere where there isn't an hurricane....... Hurricanes only travel 40-100 miles inland.Also the government evacuated EVERYONE and ANYONE that wanted to leave, including MANDATORY evacuation orders . FEMA set up massive camps weeks prior, and successfully evacuated 95% of southern Louisiana. The criticism of the relief effort wasn't of FEMA, (an federal agency for disasters) but of the Federal government's response.

    • @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie
      @HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie 7 років тому +25

      Copper Harris You truly are delusional and obviously have never been involved in an evacuation. The government dies NOT evacuate anyone the local government issues an evacuation warning to which you use your OWN transportation and money to evacuate. There is so much wrong with your response that it would truly take writing a thesis to respond. You also apparently have no idea how far out from a hurricane the bad weather spreads. And if in fact the government had set up camps weeks before (which also doesn't happen because there is also the chance the storm could not even hit) then why would all of those people have been bused to the Superdome and what happened to these camps afterward when they ended up busing people to Houston?

  • @connorwantskhabibinsaskatc2707
    @connorwantskhabibinsaskatc2707 6 років тому +397

    I'm from Canada I never knew it was this bad. Government gave up on their people. Very scary

    • @ebonybarnes1002
      @ebonybarnes1002 4 роки тому +1

      Connor Wants Khabib in Saskatchewan UA-camr it’s just sad

    • @nenaj1
      @nenaj1 4 роки тому +22

      I live in New york. And i can recall myself for 7 days on the news....they kept telling people to get out because it was gonna be deadly but people didn't listen.
      There were evacuation buses but many people weren't allowed to bring their pets so they stayed behind. I would have gotten together with others and rented a car! New orleans is below sea level. Rescuers could barely drive through. Half of it was under water!
      They kept telling people this was going to happen. New orleans sinks like 2 inches per year. Soon it will be under water. It's a swamp land.

    • @sicwidit21
      @sicwidit21 4 роки тому +37

      They gave up on predominantly minorities....

    • @taygreen5686
      @taygreen5686 4 роки тому +31

      It was so bad thousands of prisoners were left to die abandoned in their cells

    • @FinesseTheFrank
      @FinesseTheFrank 4 роки тому +26

      @@taygreen5686 Now that's a perspective no one really speaks from. Even though they'd done what they they'd, they were judged for it. You can't treat people like that, it's immoral.

  • @prbmami
    @prbmami 4 роки тому +90

    His storytelling is so poetic. A beautiful telling of a dark time and the journey to survive it.

  • @pazzmatt
    @pazzmatt 8 років тому +250

    "You also have to rebuild the mind, the spirit and the soul." No truer words. That's what I can tell people who don't understand how we can still be affected by Katrina a decade later. How long does it take to rebuild a mind? What about a soul? What does that blueprint look like? I'm still working on it. Thank you so much for talking about your experience.

    • @ramonekent7186
      @ramonekent7186 8 років тому +4

      +Ann Marie I was there and I'm still In pain

    • @wisdomtime4708
      @wisdomtime4708 6 років тому +1

      pazzmatt i was in katrina and my house in baton rouge flooded last year.

    • @angelicathomas3159
      @angelicathomas3159 6 років тому +1

      The government grid to kill them, of course they are "affected".

    • @southland34j
      @southland34j 6 років тому +1

      pazzmatt It looks like we have a repeat of katrina with hurricane Harvey

    • @antoinereed2182
      @antoinereed2182 5 років тому

      Amen Amen 🙏☝️⚜️💯

  • @robshane6634
    @robshane6634 4 роки тому +121

    Who's listening in 2019??

    • @beehappydaysweets7626
      @beehappydaysweets7626 4 роки тому +2

      I am. Have always wondered why we haven't had more of these testimonials on Katrina. So disgraceful what these people went through. This was very well done.

    • @DemonSlayer9166
      @DemonSlayer9166 4 роки тому +3

      Rob Shane I am. And I’m wondering why I mainly see black Americans during the hurricane Katrina ? I don’t see white or Mexicans

    • @robshane6634
      @robshane6634 4 роки тому +4

      @@DemonSlayer9166 It's because of the location where Katrina was most devastating that's where the black community was living. And I believe that the government knew if those levees broke that it would flood that community... Just my opinion

    • @robshane6634
      @robshane6634 4 роки тому +2

      @@beehappydaysweets7626 Besides 911 that was the saddest thing I think I've seen

    • @DemonSlayer9166
      @DemonSlayer9166 4 роки тому

      Dam that’s sad ... do u think master P was a part of the hurricane Katrina ? And do u know if he perhaps donated at least ?

  • @Fernandoh183
    @Fernandoh183 7 років тому +117

    it gives me chills thinking about Hurricane Katrina and listening the stories from the survivors. 😢

  • @BigMarkDaDon
    @BigMarkDaDon 4 роки тому +49

    Every time I hear anything about Katrina it bring chills to my body

  • @tillyboos
    @tillyboos 6 років тому +77

    What a lovely man. Peace Shelton. So deeply sorry for your loss. Bless you.

  • @9thGenerationCajun
    @9thGenerationCajun 6 років тому +76

    I almost went to the Super Dome but I took back roads through Slidell and Pearl River that Sunday night before, Worst rain and wind I've ever driven in. I made it to Lafayette about 2am Monday morning. Lost my house to the surge in Katrina and moved 90 miles away to Denham Springs Louisiana to get hit by a 9ft flash flood in August of 2016. Not much help for U.S. citizens after disasters.

  • @busybody1474
    @busybody1474 7 років тому +200

    funny how fema responded with thousands of unneeded temp housing trailers, but not a single motherfucking portable toilet at superdome, our govt at its' finest moment

    • @angelicathomas3159
      @angelicathomas3159 6 років тому +6

      busybody: They are not incompetent, they run the world, they did it on purpose :/

    • @emilyd.6371
      @emilyd.6371 6 років тому +24

      just because that happened to your neice's neighbors doesn't mean the trailers mostly went to blacks.
      and in all honesty, it was mostly majority black neighborhoods that were hit the hardest.

    • @Sconi71
      @Sconi71 6 років тому +1

      Led by Republicans.

    • @daisygirl1217
      @daisygirl1217 4 роки тому +3

      I was in one of the worst fires in California, FEMA did not show themselves until President declared it state emergency. So for us it was awhile too before we received any help. Not sure what FEMA's rules are with all of that but they most certainly need to do a better job protecting the people.

    • @Trendsetter5420
      @Trendsetter5420 4 роки тому

      My sister worked for fema during Katrina and I just remember her come home one day in tears and explaining the calls she had be she felt bad she couldn't help. My mom rip worked for agriculture in DC and she went to new Orleans and said she remembers swing coffins just floating down the street

  • @puprilla
    @puprilla 4 роки тому +62

    Mexico came and helped us after this disaster as a repeblican id like to not forget out southern friends! Thank u 🇲🇽

  • @brownscorpio5245
    @brownscorpio5245 6 років тому +182

    one of the realest raps i ever heard

    • @checkoutmyplaylist6047
      @checkoutmyplaylist6047 6 років тому +3

      Brown Scorpio
      JayZ ~ Katrina
      #KingdomCome

    • @ThecrazyJH96
      @ThecrazyJH96 5 років тому +8

      Specular Effect Did you see blacks doing that? Prob not. Many whites in there too.

    • @slanginn7
      @slanginn7 2 роки тому +1

      @@carbonfibercarpet4655 we got a white elephant from Texas eh? He didn’t even promote his stuff.

  • @piaburnette6835
    @piaburnette6835 6 років тому +33

    He is a hero, but feels guilty about all the ones he couldn't save, but the ones who's jobs were to save them, but did nothing, get called heroes and feel no guilt for their lack of action. Sad days, so good that people were looking after each other, because the authorities weren't.

  • @MegaSunny57
    @MegaSunny57 5 років тому +64

    My memory of this horriable event was when they people was hungry, needed water and old. What ever bridge they where trying to cross to get away. The law enforcement would not let them cross and stood with guns pointed at them and told them to go back!! I could not believe this was happening in the USA. After that I trust no one in power!!

    • @NOLABROSA
      @NOLABROSA 4 роки тому +6

      mega sunny truth!!!!!! And they deny this!!!!

    • @texasgradeandmade5929
      @texasgradeandmade5929 4 роки тому +5

      It was the Danziger Bridge. Sad!!

    • @stevenschnepp576
      @stevenschnepp576 Рік тому +2

      @@GuacamoleyNacho The cops got jail time, but nowhere near what they should have for cold-blooded murder.

  • @solomonking9680
    @solomonking9680 6 років тому +175

    I looted for Baby milk, Pampers. can goods and pads for my wife. I Remembered leaving out of the dark and wet store when I realized I had a hand full of dog jerky treats instead of beef jerky. True story I swear on my life. I had to geaux back in.

    • @misterm901
      @misterm901 4 роки тому +5

      @@Brekstahkid Only thing you know about smoking is crack

    • @Brekstahkid
      @Brekstahkid 4 роки тому

      Marlon Thomas
      Oh yeah yeah

    • @ronaldolamont
      @ronaldolamont 4 роки тому +44

      @@Brekstahkid The man said he looted for his baby and his wife, not tv's or materialistic things! And the first thing that comes to your mind is that you would have killed the man?!! For trying to look out for his family?!! Shame on you!!

    • @ronaldolamont
      @ronaldolamont 4 роки тому +20

      @@Brekstahkid It seems like you just passed over the most important point I was trying to make, he said he did it to look after his family! Can you not relate to that? There's not a man in the world who wouldn't do anything to try and protect his family!

    • @ronieyron
      @ronieyron 4 роки тому +4

      @@Brekstahkid for wat you already lost inventory ppl needed it i hope you aint black cause we was the most affected

  • @mimilynn6997
    @mimilynn6997 8 років тому +142

    Very moving and horrific story. So sorry you had to go through this. Hate that you lost your mother. God Bless you and your family, sir.

  • @hevinriggs4585
    @hevinriggs4585 7 років тому +102

    I was there to .. I miss my home and my niece 😷😭 she died when we was in the convention center 😭😭 I miss everything.. but I'm just glad that I'm back in New Orleans

    • @kwmvideo1407
      @kwmvideo1407 7 років тому

      Wow, so sorry your niece was one of the 10 people who died at the convention center. How did it happen? I mean, we all know only one man was murdered outside the convention center. I'm sure your niece wasn't one of the 4 that died of neglect. Then again, the weather people only gave 5 or 6 days advance notice of the storm. Most people in FL could hitchhike to MD if given more than 120 hours heads-up...and that's 20 lead hours needed to get out of FL...How exactly, did so many of you become so incredibly stupid, not to get out of the way?

    • @MiSSJUiCEBOXXLiVE
      @MiSSJUiCEBOXXLiVE 7 років тому +18

      KWM Video Where do you go if you have no money and no family anywhere but there?

    • @micholakinola1053
      @micholakinola1053 7 років тому +5

      Hevin Riggs oh so sorry

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia 6 років тому +31

      KWM Video this man's niece is dead and you call him incredibly stupid. Nice.

    • @cecemorris3810
      @cecemorris3810 5 років тому +6

      @hevin riggs is it true, that they "blew up" of the levees" and majority of the water went into the black community? I'm from California and I remember watching this when I was younger I'm 20 now

  • @corrynthiaiam9205
    @corrynthiaiam9205 6 років тому +143

    I was a kid when Andrew hit us in south Fl..Have u ever seen an entered roof wiped at one time? Being in a bath tub with a mattress over your head...I been on prozac ever since.

    • @quneshiahunter8992
      @quneshiahunter8992 6 років тому +22

      Bianca Heath May God bless you and bring you peace

    • @thatcanadianmanectric8458
      @thatcanadianmanectric8458 6 років тому +15

      That sounds terrible. I will be praying for you.

    • @paulruhl1237
      @paulruhl1237 5 років тому +2

      Bianca Heath I know your pain

    • @uniqueEnergy83
      @uniqueEnergy83 4 роки тому +7

      Wow , I was in the 2nd grade when the hurricane hit. My mom was working for the Salvation Army at that time. She went to work a day after the storm and went down to homestead with her job to help out. When she came home she explained what she saw but you’ll never it until you visually see it yourself. I’m praying Dorian pass is by , be bless Queen

    • @Dozier133192
      @Dozier133192 4 роки тому +1

      Corrynthia I AM I'll never forget Andrew

  • @angelaalexander6421
    @angelaalexander6421 5 років тому +17

    Mr. Alexander, you are stronger than you think. You are a great inspiration for us all.

  • @pearcewilliams5297
    @pearcewilliams5297 4 роки тому +29

    I was a Junior in high school... this was one of the most heartbreaking moments in my life..

    • @iceprincessreyes72
      @iceprincessreyes72 3 роки тому +1

      I’m sorry you had to go through that :( god bless you

    • @yareurunning
      @yareurunning Рік тому +1

      I have a cousin that was a senior. She was attending Kennedy at the time. She never got to graduate with her class.. C/O 2006 had it rough. I can only imagine

  • @Amy-fg6in
    @Amy-fg6in 4 роки тому +29

    This is devastating. God bless everyone who experienced this, as well as everyone in the Bahamas who’s going through it because of Dorian. ❤️🙏🏼

  • @CornerTalker
    @CornerTalker 5 років тому +170

    The Superdome was a defacto concentration camp. When disaster strikes, don't go into one.

    • @averagebean7227
      @averagebean7227 4 роки тому +2

      CornerTalker Now you tell me... 🧐😂😣

    • @dejamesola
      @dejamesola 3 роки тому +7

      That was clearly the only option many people had!

    • @user-rt8sh7xt1d
      @user-rt8sh7xt1d 3 роки тому +2

      Now they arent even ashamed of having several for migrants

  • @isabellemartinez1617
    @isabellemartinez1617 7 років тому +164

    My teacher told me about the superdome thing and my whole class was crying

    • @khloe9800
      @khloe9800 6 років тому +6

      Isabelle Martinez I would've been like omg that's so sad but I won't cry because I don't care that much 🙄

    • @BeastlyJay22
      @BeastlyJay22 5 років тому +35

      @@khloe9800 somethings wrong with you. Its called Human Compassion.

    • @deshawnbutler7080
      @deshawnbutler7080 5 років тому +5

      @@khloe9800 smh

    • @areyoufeelingitnowmrkrabs8805
      @areyoufeelingitnowmrkrabs8805 4 роки тому

      @Lucas Davenport ikr

    • @blackberry9013
      @blackberry9013 4 роки тому +8

      @@khloe9800 such an unnecessary comment👀

  • @roywilliams6637
    @roywilliams6637 4 роки тому +27

    I went through hurricane Katrina myself and it seems after all these years I'm very thankful that the lord brought us out but on the flip side of this it still hurts to see what all of us went through

  • @rogeradams8940
    @rogeradams8940 8 років тому +86

    God bless you. I hope you heal from this

  • @shannonrussell4026
    @shannonrussell4026 8 років тому +48

    Amazing depiction of what went on through his experience

  • @pinkie2000
    @pinkie2000 Рік тому +8

    I cried watching this bc my family left New Orleans after or before my 5th birthday august 22. Hearing what happened to my home, my neighbors, my people, my school friends hurts years after learning about it. I didn’t know what was happening at the time I was only 5 and I mostly remember hanging out at the small park with my great grandmother, my siblings and other kids in the 9th ward.( my mother was surprised i remembered about it, even my great grandmother too.) Now I’m soon to be 23 this year and around my birthday i have to be reminded of that day Katrina destroyed everything, Hearing what happened still hurts because even though I didn’t experience Katrina my family did we lost everything but our lives so I’m grateful. I pray that the people that didn’t make it rest in peace.

  • @mcurcio8315
    @mcurcio8315 4 роки тому +9

    Im from new orleans. I was 5 when it happened. My family and i evacuated to stay with family in Mississippi during the storm. I was so little but can still vividly remember the tragedy of it all.

  • @birdtreeapplebee3109
    @birdtreeapplebee3109 4 роки тому +39

    The US didn't have a proper plan for the people of Louisanna when the levees broke.🙏🏾 I remember hearing 10 years plus later they are still recovering and many people are still displaced...

  • @cartooncereal6720
    @cartooncereal6720 5 років тому +48

    *I SWIM THROUGH KATRINA IMA KATRINA SURVIVOR I SEEN DEAD BODIES AND ALL FAMILIES DROWN IN WATER SMH ITS TRAUMATIZING AND SAD*

    • @kylosolo8815
      @kylosolo8815 4 роки тому +2

      Man glad you made it out round be blessed

    • @candycesaturday7218
      @candycesaturday7218 4 роки тому

      My God!

    • @AlejandroP1980s
      @AlejandroP1980s 4 роки тому +1

      Cartoon Cereal that’s nothing I was in Iraq I saw death bodies and my comrade body in half a hand here a a hand there not good

    • @shelbieclaire.3434
      @shelbieclaire.3434 3 роки тому +4

      Dead bodies and deep water, that's what I remembered most. I was in the third grade. We were left to die. The bloodshed from the delayed relief effort is Mr. Bush's hands.

  • @TidalWaveDan
    @TidalWaveDan 4 роки тому +51

    6:32 “talking about rapes-“... they tried to cut that out🤔

    • @queen1814
      @queen1814 3 роки тому +3

      rightt

    • @dom96_
      @dom96_ 2 роки тому

      Facts

    • @TidalWaveDan
      @TidalWaveDan 2 роки тому

      @@GuacamoleyNacho some people are in jail for a reason

  • @joshuavildor2824
    @joshuavildor2824 4 роки тому +12

    I was nine years old when Katrina first struck Miami, FL. By the time we got our power back and turned on the news we saw the destruction the storm left. Even at a young age, it was so hard to fathom the sheer devastation and suffering of New Orleans.

  • @helfini1
    @helfini1 5 років тому +21

    This is such a touching video , thank you very much for sharing this. It’s disgusting that these people were neglected for so long and to the point where things got so unbearable. I visited New Orleans recently and I was touched at the friendliness of the people there.. they have lived through ALOT

  • @sunshinepurple1043
    @sunshinepurple1043 6 років тому +82

    I visited New Orleans November 2016. There are several areas that are still being rebuilt.

    • @donweber4646
      @donweber4646 3 роки тому +12

      My wife and I just visited in February of 2021. The lower 9th Ward still has streets that look like bombs went off. Several vacant lots where people didn't even try to rebuild. Can't say as I blame them because the government made it hard for them to get any of the relief money, but when they did, shady contractors took advantage of them. They took their money with the promise of rebuilding and used tainted materials that had to be torn out and either redone or just left undone.

    • @TyrantsAlwaysPerish
      @TyrantsAlwaysPerish 3 роки тому

      Same in 2014 downtown was the only thing still in tact

    • @nelly928478
      @nelly928478 2 роки тому

      I was told the same when I visited in 2017. Still couldn’t believe that after 12 years

    • @Syaryde
      @Syaryde Рік тому

      Visited around the same time it was devastating to see

    • @jasmineyoung5486
      @jasmineyoung5486 5 місяців тому

      Many areas of New Orleans aren’t rebuilt .. many homes still have the markings on them from when the national guard would go in to see if ppl was there .. I was there but thank god we left within hours before we couldn’t

  • @ldr792
    @ldr792 5 років тому +49

    Man I remember being 12 years old hearing about Katrina, and living in Michigan, it was hard for me to imagine. This was before social media and all that, but seeing this it’s so sad. My heart breaks for all the families

  • @georgebrother6363
    @georgebrother6363 4 роки тому +29

    I was in jail on tulane and board and the 1st day of the storm the COs just pass out a slice of cheese and a slice of ham and we didnt see them nomore until 2 weeks after the storm the army people finally came got us!!!

  • @Integritykeeper3
    @Integritykeeper3 4 роки тому +12

    When Katrina happened i was stabbed in the heart to see so many suffering and no help in sight. I realized right then that the government don't care about us. They more concerned with foreign countries than our own. I started to teach myself survival skills to be able to overcome any obstacle thrown at me. So Katrina definitely had an impact on my life even though I was watching thru a t.v screen.

  • @EmilyKnight413
    @EmilyKnight413 Рік тому +2

    Was there. Still rebuilding my soul. Thank you for this.

  • @BigMoney23223
    @BigMoney23223 2 роки тому +15

    This man is amazing. Thank you for documenting what you went through. So sorry for what you went through

  • @deadthem
    @deadthem Рік тому +3

    Thank you Shelton for telling us your story. Rip to your mother and thank you for helping others.

  • @keithruffin8105
    @keithruffin8105 4 роки тому +25

    HE AND I STAY IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN A GREAT GREAT MAN SALUTE SHAKESPEAR SHELTON

  • @ericcollins4151
    @ericcollins4151 4 роки тому +1

    Who could dislike this store unbelievable God bless all the people who have been through Hurricane Katrina!

  • @dia.6213
    @dia.6213 7 років тому +70

    People paid into insurance for half a century and hardly got a penny #EnochJohnson.

  • @bethwilliams8029
    @bethwilliams8029 3 роки тому +10

    Shelton thank you for sharing your story. You are forever real. When all this was going on my soul was filled with pain and still is. Your courage brings peace. 🙏 ❤ ✌ Always

  • @chrishenniker5944
    @chrishenniker5944 8 років тому +46

    I heard the biggest supplier of humanitarian aid to Louisiana at this time was the Republic of Singapore Armed Forces.

    • @07amylee
      @07amylee 7 років тому +32

      what's crazy third world countries offered help including Cuba but our government refused their help

    • @amberwendt262
      @amberwendt262 7 років тому +15

      +07amylee fema is evil

    • @theimmortal4718
      @theimmortal4718 7 років тому +3

      citation needed or its a rumor

  • @saunsiaraybroussard9967
    @saunsiaraybroussard9967 2 роки тому +11

    Thank you for your service Sir! This is very sad! It breaks my heart cuz! I'm so glad you survived cuz! We lost so many people during Hurricane Katrina! My condolences and prayers for y'all! May they all Rest in peace!

  • @sugwilliams6257
    @sugwilliams6257 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you for uploading this, I remember Mr Alexander from the documentary "When the Levees Broke". Very powerful and informative. Hard to imagine, forget having to live in the nightmare.

  • @keepitallthewayfunky3448
    @keepitallthewayfunky3448 4 роки тому +13

    I was glued to the television for days on end. I was absolutely blown away by the suffering and desperation . One of the most fked up things I’d seen ❤️ shout out to Shelton ..

  • @meetmaxdream
    @meetmaxdream 4 роки тому +12

    This man needs to keep writing poetry and start his own youtube channel. I would subscribe.
    God bless Louisiana.

  • @rhonda7113
    @rhonda7113 5 років тому +12

    Amazing footage and story . The rap gave me goosebumps. Bless all the souls .

  • @Daniel-623
    @Daniel-623 4 роки тому +14

    I’ve visited Louisiana last year doing door-to-door sales and got a chance to talk to people about this. it was one of the greatest experiences of my life talking with Louisiana residents. The culture some great people 🙏🏻

  • @denitajohnson5887
    @denitajohnson5887 7 років тому +47

    I don't even know why I watch this stuff, because I know it will move me to tears,,🙁

  • @Jay-bu5ki
    @Jay-bu5ki 5 років тому +6

    In my mind I picture a world of no disasters. No innocent people killed. No mass shootings. But, the sad reality is all of these things are real and we need to be aware of them. Katrina was very sad and even though I was not there I still cried when my teacher told us that she was there. She has been through 28 hurricanes so far. Bad, but good that she survived because she is a great teacher. God bless America.

  • @leelew.1462
    @leelew.1462 7 років тому +17

    Wow, your an amazing person. Thank you for sharing.

  • @stacyinmsstacy5893
    @stacyinmsstacy5893 7 років тому +28

    I was there also. Lost everything. sad part I wasn't even close to water.

    • @wisdomtime4708
      @wisdomtime4708 6 років тому +5

      StacyinMS Stacy the levees weren't being manned in metairie and our house flooded.

  • @l444ever
    @l444ever 6 років тому +62

    My mom made me watch this. Only because we are going through hurricane Harvey. Be thankful For your family Cause I'm am.

    • @myy2centss603
      @myy2centss603 6 років тому +1

      Ariana On fleek Are y'all ok sweetie?Praying for everyone🙏🙏

  • @Carolinas_SweetTea
    @Carolinas_SweetTea 4 роки тому +2

    I thank god for people like him that survived to tell us about this story! I remember when t happened and it broke my heart. God bless you all 🌹🌹🌹💝

  • @marynelson1213
    @marynelson1213 7 років тому +11

    Life is totally different after the loss of a loved one. 💟

  • @betsycollins601
    @betsycollins601 7 років тому +11

    Thank you for being a hero to those you got out of that hellhole!

  • @jeremyv4636
    @jeremyv4636 5 років тому +6

    Fantastic upload, uplifting, and Shelton Alexander R O C K S!!!!! Thanks!

  • @PhoenixRising251
    @PhoenixRising251 5 років тому +47

    I have relatives in NO. I was there just a week ago and you can still see the areas affected especially in the 9th Ward. My idea is if you knew this thing was coming from at least a week away I'd walk if I had to considering my good health. The mayor and the governor of that time both have blood on their hands for not evacuating the city any earlier. School buses were still sitting there not being used to help save anyone.

    • @shelbieclaire.3434
      @shelbieclaire.3434 3 роки тому +7

      The president watched us from the sky while we waited and waited and waited for no one. His hands bare the bloodshed from the delayed relief effort that made Katrina more than just a natural disaster. This was an EMERGENCY SITUATION. I was in third grade, nothing will ever be as bad as Katrina for me

    • @PhoenixRising251
      @PhoenixRising251 3 роки тому +5

      @@shelbieclaire.3434 Ma'am I'm truly sorry for what you went through and I'm glad you're here today to continue your life. I'm not defending or praising the president of that era but the blame falls on the local authorities first! The mayor and the governor that were in power then knew that monster of a storm was heading straight for Louisiana and should've been making haste to everyone to get the heck out!

    • @alfredobracero8314
      @alfredobracero8314 2 роки тому +2

      The president too,failed the residents of NO....they found out that there were poor vlack folks living there........

    • @PhoenixRising251
      @PhoenixRising251 2 роки тому

      @@alfredobracero8314 what does color have anything to do with this sir? Sorry but that sounded like they just didn't care about certain ethnicities because of color and/or status.

    • @Prettygirlvita
      @Prettygirlvita 2 роки тому +9

      @@PhoenixRising251 race does play a part . You’re delusional

  • @ihaventthoughtofabettername
    @ihaventthoughtofabettername 9 місяців тому +2

    My dad was lucky to escape..he was only about 15-19 years old living with his brothers. glad he made it out safely

  • @Lonniebelle1979
    @Lonniebelle1979 5 років тому +14

    Man, this grave me goosebumps about 20 times! So intense!

  • @dleyba3199
    @dleyba3199 7 років тому +109

    dont depend on the govt people! we are alone when this stuff happens. heed warnings.

    • @jamaalshelton6793
      @jamaalshelton6793 4 роки тому +7

      Blacks have never had Govt to depend on. Whites meanwhile have never known what’s its like not to have Govt subsidies their whole lifestyle

    • @southfieldtrill9690
      @southfieldtrill9690 4 роки тому

      💯

    • @arulaful
      @arulaful 4 роки тому

      self reliance is key... leave the matrix...

    • @arulaful
      @arulaful 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamaalshelton6793 all by design my friend

    • @JW-uy2on
      @JW-uy2on 4 роки тому +3

      It's the government's job to provide relief and assistance to disaster victims. Instead they funnel billions into for-profit contractors (and major political donors) who take the money and run.

  • @cesarmelgoza4618
    @cesarmelgoza4618 8 років тому +29

    This is a sad story😢

  • @justdahl
    @justdahl 6 років тому +49

    You made it through. This must have been the scariest thing to go through. Sometimes we take our security for granted.

  • @neophantomyt1435
    @neophantomyt1435 4 роки тому +4

    Wow, what a story. So tragic and sad. Thanks for sharing it with us. I never knew a lot of this happened.

  • @MegaSunny57
    @MegaSunny57 5 років тому +4

    Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @KrysGrant-ey1xl
    @KrysGrant-ey1xl 6 місяців тому +1

    Katrina... No words I visited New Orleans three years orior the people were sooooo nice to me. I felt loved more than my own family so seeing the citizens stuck, floating, displaced, and all out freaking out broke my heart once a year i watch a documentary about it

  • @adorequeen8267
    @adorequeen8267 4 роки тому

    im glad ur still here tooo.thanks 4 sharing

  • @johnbanjo107
    @johnbanjo107 6 років тому +13

    I live in New Orleans man I'm glad I made it out before the storm hit ironically I moved with my cousins who just got hit the hardest by hurricane Harvey

  • @ashleyhm1386
    @ashleyhm1386 4 роки тому +86

    Watch When The Levees Broke by Spike Lee. The stories go much deeper, and sadder than this.

    • @mistimcelveen7855
      @mistimcelveen7855 4 роки тому +3

      I can't watch that. Its the most accurate depiction of what we went through. It's like being in it again

    • @mrsladi83
      @mrsladi83 4 роки тому +3

      Yes very good, Spike Lee went deep in that documentary.

    • @KierraJoanee
      @KierraJoanee 3 роки тому +5

      It broke my heart . That was 15 years ago and I’m still heartbroken

    • @alfredobracero8314
      @alfredobracero8314 2 роки тому +1

      ahow much deeper can you go,they let all these poor people die,ill never forget,watching on tv in horror....

  • @melissacurtis13
    @melissacurtis13 5 років тому +2

    God Bless you

  • @keepitreal477
    @keepitreal477 4 роки тому +1

    God bless you sweet sweet man. I care. I care so much and I prayed for days during the storm for all of you.

  • @aratsass1
    @aratsass1 7 років тому +17

    He was really good.

  • @robinrocha2091
    @robinrocha2091 7 років тому +6

    Shelton prayers go out to you. Sorry for your loss...

  • @josephinefairlie9007
    @josephinefairlie9007 3 роки тому

    Woah. Brilliant & compelling narrative. Liked the footage near the end of all in back of the pickup. Facial expressions worth a thousand words.

  • @doctorj2u2
    @doctorj2u2 3 роки тому +3

    Shelton Alexander, the poet laureate of Hurricane Katrina. Many thanks.

  • @love2cats
    @love2cats 4 роки тому +4

    You are an amazing artist and I thank you for sharing your story.

  • @patriciaolden732
    @patriciaolden732 5 років тому +5

    My heart is with you and all who suffered

  • @needmoreramsay
    @needmoreramsay 5 років тому +38

    How the FK can so many people go for SO LONG without food and water and medical care in the United States ?? WTF !?!

    • @mrs.tiffany
      @mrs.tiffany 4 роки тому +6

      no-one wanted to help us we had to help ourselves

    • @layah28
      @layah28 4 роки тому +9

      southern daze say it louder for the people in the back because people really don’t know what’s coming real soon. It’s about to get real real satanic out here

    • @candycesaturday7218
      @candycesaturday7218 4 роки тому

      Layah Jhene what is going to happen??..serious question

    • @candycesaturday7218
      @candycesaturday7218 4 роки тому +1

      southern daze what is SHTF??

    • @april-showers77
      @april-showers77 3 роки тому

      Layah Jhene 11 months later and several months into Covid...

  • @KRee-ro9oo
    @KRee-ro9oo 7 років тому +23

    omg I was In there too!! I was only 5 an this is the exact picture of how it was😢😢😢

    • @DarthScorpio11
      @DarthScorpio11 7 років тому +1

      Almighty King
      I can't imagine being an adult in that situation. Being a child must have been near unbearable

    • @rewnalegette6001
      @rewnalegette6001 4 роки тому

      God bless yall I'm so sorry y'all had to go through

    • @rewnalegette6001
      @rewnalegette6001 4 роки тому

      God bless yall im glad y'all survived hon

  • @brenda4512
    @brenda4512 7 років тому +8

    this is so scary and sad im about to cry...

  • @robinrocha2091
    @robinrocha2091 7 років тому +3

    Thank you for your story.

  • @Grizbox
    @Grizbox 6 років тому +6

    Gave me the chills. So good a video.

  • @btssugamylove9431
    @btssugamylove9431 4 роки тому +8

    I feel so bad for the family’s that lost loved ones

  • @mistimcelveen7855
    @mistimcelveen7855 4 роки тому +7

    I was there too and for those of us who survived katrina, we'll never be the same. My oldest son was 16 months old. I thought we were going to die

    • @april-showers77
      @april-showers77 3 роки тому +2

      I’m sorry you went through that... how awful!

    • @kengebrown7324
      @kengebrown7324 Рік тому +1

      I'm so sorry luv so sorry ..I cried just watching it. Smfh

  • @rfi-cryptolab4251
    @rfi-cryptolab4251 5 років тому +104

    Some of the New Orleans police went rogue and were randomly shooting civilians allegedly

    • @joy2theworld488
      @joy2theworld488 4 роки тому +5

      RFI-Crypto Lab
      They were scared to death..it was chaos

    • @mrs.tiffany
      @mrs.tiffany 4 роки тому +24

      Yes they did I survived Katrina and after the storm wiped out alot of things people started killing each other there were police looting and there was one instance where people where trying to escape the rising water and huddled up on a bridge some of the police wanted what they had and shot them and there was a situation where a man stabbed his sister to death over a bag of ice

    • @mrs.tiffany
      @mrs.tiffany 4 роки тому +9

      Errica Thomas they had guns and shot at unarmed citizens because they wanted to get whatever they could from them whether it be food or the place they were standing the police that did that knew food water etc was going to be hard to get so they would take it by force they were also breaking into buildings stealing items from the shelves and knowing that there was no guarantee that any help would be coming and if so that there was no exact timing for that help so they decided to take from innocent people even if killing them to do it. schools became temporary morgues because there were so many dead people that they had no room at the morgue for them. People going on rescue missions were mostly any citizen with a boat. The neighbor down the street that you barely knew would come out in their boat to save you from your house.

    • @shangtsung1362
      @shangtsung1362 4 роки тому +11

      This is why we need the 2nd amendment. You have to be able to protect yourself.

    • @antoinesmith6276
      @antoinesmith6276 4 роки тому +6

      @@mrs.tiffany I remember the story about the guy killing his sister over a bag of ice smh.

  • @Angell_Lee
    @Angell_Lee Місяць тому

    Thank you for sharing Shelton, much love and blessings to you. Sorry you've been through that.

  • @margaretfrise4819
    @margaretfrise4819 5 років тому +1

    What a lovely man.

  • @Severe_CDO_Sufferer
    @Severe_CDO_Sufferer 6 років тому +7

    "Giving back."
    semper fi Shelton

  • @cariourso6399
    @cariourso6399 5 років тому +11

    I live in north Louisiana and Katrina was horrific. To know this was going on in my home state. In the United States. So much suffering. It was extremely hard to grasp

  • @MSOM444
    @MSOM444 8 місяців тому +1

    I’m am and was so heartbroken when this happened to New Orleans! They shouldn’t have been stranded and treated like that ! New Orleans is the most beautiful city in the states with true culture! It hurts me to the max remembering this

  • @jeffreyholmes9607
    @jeffreyholmes9607 2 роки тому +2

    God bless you brother🙏🙏🙏 RIP to those we lost 🙏🕊