Last year, while a lot of Milwaukee was under water from a 1,000-year flood, a group of men hit the streets to help. They unclogged city drains and helped neighbors drain their basements and backyards. They did it all for free.
For the one-year anniversary of the flooding, WUWM’s Jimmy Gutierrez checked in with Aziz Abdullah, one of the men who led the effort, about how their work has continued and evolved.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.…