On the afternoon of August 26, 2005, eighth grade boys attended class in this room. They were dismissed for the weekend. On the early morning of August 29 Hurricane Katrina struck followed by breaks in the levee of the Industrial Canal which brought billions of gallons of water into this part of New Orleans. Families lost their homes, this entire area is still vacant. The boys families moved to other cities and states and to other jobs.
And, life as we knew it--life as the young men of Holy Cross knew it--exists no more in New Orleans.