AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, more than 100,000 evacuees ended up in Georgia. Over 14,000 ended up in Atlanta.
Through the years, that number has dropped, but some built a new life in Atlanta and stayed.
Tim Otis plays the trumpet with the Second Line band in Atlanta. In August 2005, he was stationed in New Orleans as part of the Marine Corps Band.
“My job was to take that culture to other places and to show people,” said Otis…