Katrina Missing Persons Center Is Set to Close
From Times Wire Reports
State officials in Baton Rouge said they were closing the center created to find residents missing after Hurricane Katrina.
Officials and volunteers received reports of 13,400 missing people after Katrina hit Aug. 29, 2005. All but 136 were located.
The Find Family Assistance Center helped locate residents scattered across the country in the chaotic evacuations.
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