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We came back to the city about 5 weeks after the flood. We explored Lakeview and the 17th…

Construction crew with a crane working along a breached section of the 17th Street Canal wall, with gravel piles, a water-filled canal, and a distant high-rise building under a clear sky.

We came back to the city about 5 weeks after the flood. We explored Lakeview and the 17th St. Canal where we heard there had been a breach. The crew was already at work but the hole in the wall was shocking. Hardly anyone was around and we walked up to where the wall used to be to peek down the canal. I felt anxious standing on the bank of the canal and knowing I shouldn't be there.

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“We came back to the city about 5 weeks after the flood. We explored Lakeview and the 17th…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/41501.

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