British Royal Couple Tours Lower 9th Ward
From Times Wire Reports
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, flew into New Orleans for a brief glimpse of the ravaged city and a chance to meet a few of the hundreds of thousands of residents whose lives were turned upside-down by Hurricane Katrina.
The couple went to the impoverished Lower 9th Ward, which was all but obliterated by floodwaters. Standing atop a patched 20-foot levee, they shook their heads in disbelief at the destruction: splintered homes, chunks of concrete, overturned cars.
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