NEW ORLEANS: President Barack Obama paid tribute to New Orleans and its people after seeing first-hand Thursday how far the “Big Easy” has come, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to swathes of one of America’s most famous cities.
“You inspire me,” Obama told a community center to applause, after rolling up his sleeves on a stroll through the historic African-American community of Treme, stopping to chat with residents for whom Katrina remains etched in memory.
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