This is a picture of me ( Emily Brauninger ) and my best friend, Samantha Dante who I met…

Two young women embrace at night amid illuminated fountain jets, one wearing a black top with jeans, the other in a black and pink top with shorts, both in bandanas.

This is a picture of me ( Emily Brauninger ) and my best friend, Samantha Dante who I met after I evacuated to Houston for Hurricane Katrina. We met in September 2005 and have been best friends ever since.

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“This is a picture of me ( Emily Brauninger ) and my best friend, Samantha Dante who I met…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/45997.