Hurricane Katrina destroyed thousands of homes when it hit the Gulf Coast 20 years ago. It also displaced thousands of people, some of whom made a new home in Colorado. Now, one of those who calls Denver home is pleading for the return of some sentimental items he claims are priceless.
For some, a picture is worth 1,000 words. For 29-year-old Dustin, however, the ones he kept in his garage were worth so much more than that.
“I would say 100 photos, things sewn by my great grandma, little keepsakes, the shoes I had when I was a baby,” said Dustin. “Just things that are irreplaceable.”
Those photos were all he had left of his childhood, after Hurricane Katrina hit his Mississippi home in 2005…